12-letter words containing b, y, t, e
- mumblety-peg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- newtownabbey — a town in Northern Ireland, in Newtownabbey district, Co Antrim on Belfast Lough: the third largest town in Northern Ireland, formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of seven villages; light industrial centre, esp for textiles. Pop: 62 056 (2001)
- noncelebrity — a person who is not a celebrity
- note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- payback time — Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences.
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- peroxyborate — perborate.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
- port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- presbyterate — the office of a presbyter or elder.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reducibility — capable of being reduced.
- rehydratable — capable of being rehydrated
- relatability — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- rotary table — A rotary table is a revolving part which turns the drill string.
- rubber-tyred — having a tyre or tyres made of rubber
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
- sell-by date — the last date on which perishable food should be sold, usually established with some allowance for home storage under refrigeration. Compare shelf life.
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- set store by — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
- shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- step by step — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.