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11-letter words containing e, b, a

  • the bahamas — a group of over 700 coral islands (about 20 of which are inhabited) in the Caribbean: a British colony from 1783 until 1964; an independent nation within the Commonwealth from 1973. Language: English. Currency: Bahamian dollar. Capital: Nassau. Pop: 319 031 (2013 est). Area: 13 939 sq km (5381 sq miles)
  • the balance — the constellation Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac
  • the baptist — John the Baptist
  • the battery — a park in New York City, at the S tip of Manhattan: 21 acres
  • the beltway — Washington, D.C., esp. as regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics: so called from the expressway around the District of Columbia & nearby areas
  • the cariboo — a region in the W foothills of the Cariboo Mountains, scene of a gold rush beginning in 1860
  • the gorbals — a district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums
  • the lebanon — a republic in W Asia, on the Mediterranean: an important centre of the Phoenician civilization in the third millennium bc; part of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 until 1919; gained independence in 1941 (effective by 1945). Official language: Arabic; French and English are also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim and Christian. Currency: Lebanese pound. Capital: Beirut. Pop: 4 131 583 (2013 est). Area: 10 400 sq km (4015 sq miles)
  • thereabouts — about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
  • thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • tie-breaker — competition: sth that resolves a draw
  • timber yard — A timber yard is a place where timber is stored and sold.
  • timberbeast — a logger.
  • timetabling — the act of scheduling something to happen or do something at a particular time
  • to be exact — You say to be exact to indicate that you are slightly correcting or giving more detailed information about what you have been saying.
  • to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
  • toddy table — a small stand of the 18th century, used for holding drinks.
  • tolbutamide — a white crystalline substance, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 S, used to augment insulin secretion in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
  • topless bar — a bar in which barmaids or waitresses work naked from the waist up
  • torchbearer — a person who carries a torch.
  • trabeculate — Anatomy, Botany. a structural part resembling a small beam or crossbar.
  • track brake — a mechanism that slows or stops a vehicle by pressing against the track rather than the wheels.
  • trafficable — that can be traveled upon: a trafficable road.
  • trail-blaze — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
  • trailblazed — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
  • trailblazer — a person who blazes a trail for others to follow through unsettled country or wilderness; pathfinder.
  • trailerable — capable of being transported by a trailer
  • trainbearer — an attendant in a procession who holds up the train of a dignitary's robe
  • transborder — the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
  • transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
  • transitable — capable of being crossed or passed over.
  • travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
  • traversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
  • treasonable — of the nature of treason.
  • treasurable — wealth or riches stored or accumulated, especially in the form of precious metals, money, jewels, or plate.
  • tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
  • trisyllable — a word of three syllables, as pendulum.
  • trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
  • trouble man — troubleshooter (def 2).
  • truth table — a table that gives the truth-values of a compound sentence formed from component sentences by means of logical connectives, as AND, NOT, or OR, for every possible combination of truth-values of the component sentences.
  • trypan blue — dye used for staining cells in biological research
  • tu bishevat — the 15th day of the month of Shevat, observed as a new year for trees by planting trees and by eating fruits.
  • tuba player — someone who plays the tuba, a valved brass instrument of bass pitch, in which the bell points upwards and the mouthpiece projects at right angles
  • tuberaceous — belonging or relating to the order of fungi Tuberaceae, or specifically the truffle genus (Tuber)
  • tuberculate — Also, tuberculated, tuberculose. having tubercles.
  • tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
  • tudorbethan — (of a contemporary building) imitative of Tudor and Elizabethan architecture
  • tumble cart — a horse-drawn cart having two solid wheels.
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