12-letter words containing i, b, e
- ambisinister — clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
- ambitendency — ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
- ambitionless — without ambition, unambitious
- ambivalently — in an ambivalent manner
- ambrettolide — a colorless liquid, C 16 H 28 O 2 , having a strong musky odor, used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
- ambulatories — Plural form of ambulatory.
- amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
- aminobenzene — aniline (def 1).
- aminobenzoic — as in aminobenzoic acid
- anaerobiosis — life in the absence of oxygen
- anaerobiotic — anaerobic
- analphabetic — not in alphabetical order
- annie besant — Annie (Wood) 1847–1933, English theosophist.
- antebrachial — Lb anatomy relating to the forearm.
- antebrachium — (anatomy) The forearm.
- anti-lebanon — a mountain range running north and south between Syria and Lebanon, east of the Lebanon Mountains. Highest peak: Mount Hermon, 2814 m (9232 ft)
- anti-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- antiberiberi — Countering beriberi.
- antibusiness — opposed to business interests, particularly those of large-scale corporations
- antidiabetes — Countering diabetes.
- antidiabetic — a drug which acts against diabetes
- antifebriles — Plural form of antifebrile.
- antimetabole — the repetition of words in reverse order for emphasis
- antiparabema — either of two chapels at the west end of an Armenian or Byzantine church.
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- apeirophobia — The fear of infinity and/or of infinite things.
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apple blight — an aphid, Eriosoma lanigera, that is covered with a powdery waxy secretion and infests apple trees
- appropriable — that can be appropriated
- arabia felix — an ancient division of Arabia, in the S part: sometimes restricted to Yemen.
- arabica bean — a high-quality coffee bean, obtained from the tree Coffea arabica
- aramid fiber — a fiber having resistance to high temperatures and great strength, formed from an aramid and used in materials for bulletproof vests and radial tires.
- arbitrageurs — Plural form of arbitrageur.
- arborio rice — variety of round-grain rice used for making risotto
- archibenthos — the ocean bottom between the littoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 200 feet (60 meters) to 3300 feet (1000 meters).
- area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.
- arquebusiers — harquebusier.
- art mobilier — small, movable art objects, especially primitive or prehistoric works of art.
- assemblagist — a creative person or artist who is skilled in putting together works of art based on assemblage
- astonishable — (obsolete) Astonishing.
- attributable — If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
- authorizable — able to be authorized
- axel heiberg — the largest island belonging to the Sverdrup group in the Canadian Northwest Territories. 15,779 sq. mi. (40,868 sq. km).
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- babe-in-arms — a young baby that has to be carried
- babingtonite — a rare, slightly magnetic, black or dark green silicate mineral, Ca2Fe2Si5O14OH, found in cavities in volcanic rock
- baby carrier — a kind of sling or rucksack used to carry small babies either on one's chest or one's back
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- back-kitchen — a room off a main kitchen, usually further towards the back of the house where washing-up or preparatory cooking work might be done; a scullery
- backbreaking — demanding great effort; exhausting