12-letter words containing d, e, b, a, t
- preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- rating badge — a badge that indicates the rank and specialty of a petty officer: worn on the upper left sleeve.
- reattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- rehydratable — capable of being rehydrated
- safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
- salad basket — a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- sand-blasted — a blast of air or steam laden with sand, used to clean, grind, cut, or decorate hard surfaces, as of glass, stone, or metal.
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
- sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
- 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.
- skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- standardbred — one of an American breed of trotting and pacing horses used chiefly for harness racing.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- sub-additive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdebutante — a young woman who has not yet made her debut into society.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subsaturated — soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
- table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
- the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- tom o'bedlam — a roving beggar afflicted with or feigning madness.
- tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
- torpedo boat — a small, fast, highly maneuverable boat used for torpedoing enemy shipping.
- trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- tuberculated — bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- tyndall beam — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.