12-letter words containing i, b, e, r, t
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- liberal arts — humanities and social sciences
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalities — Plural form of liberality.
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
- libertarians — Plural form of libertarian.
- liberty bell — the bell of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, rung on July 8, 1776, to announce the adoption of the Declaration of Independence; since then a national symbol of liberty: moved to a special exhibition pavilion behind Independence Hall on January 1, 1976.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- liberty hall — a place or condition of complete liberty
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- libertyville — a town in NE Illinois.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- light breeze — a wind of 4–7 miles per hour (2–3 m/sec). Compare breeze1 (def 2).
- light bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- little grebe — a small grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, of the Old World.
- lobster tail — the flesh of the tail of any of various crustaceans, esp. the Cape crawfish, prepared as food, often by broiling in the shell
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
- metacinnabar — a polymorph of cinnabar, black mercuric sulfide, HgS.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- millilambert — a unit of luminance equal to one thousandth of a lambert. Abbreviation: mL.
- misattribute — 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.
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- miserabilist — One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- motorbicycle — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- nearer tibet — the eastern part of Tibet.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nitrobenzene — a pale yellow, toxic, water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NO 2 , produced by nitrating benzene with nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of aniline.
- nonbacterial — Not bacterial.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- noncelebrity — a person who is not a celebrity
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.