12-letter words containing i, b, s, e
- double-sided — double-faced (defs 2, 3).
- drive sb mad — If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
- e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
- east bengali — of or relating to East Bengal (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elastic band — rubber strip for binding items together
- elderberries — Plural form of elderberry.
- eligibleness — Eligibility.
- embarrassing — Causing embarrassment.
- embellishing — Present participle of embellish.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embourgeoise — to make bourgeois
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- embroiderers — Plural form of embroiderer.
- embroideries — Plural form of embroidery.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- english bond — a bond used in brickwork that has a course of headers alternating with a course of stretchers
- enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
- enviableness — Enviability.
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- equilibrious — In equilibrium; balanced.
- equilibrists — Plural form of equilibrist.
- equilibriums — Plural form of equilibrium.
- establishing — Present participle of establish.
- every bit as — equally, just as
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exobiologist — A biologist whose speciality is exobiology.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
- fibre optics — optical fibre
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
- fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
- fines herbes — a mixture of finely chopped herbs, used to flavour omelettes, salads, etc
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fish-bellied — (of a beam or rail) having a convex underside.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flexibleness — The state or quality of being flexible.
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- forcibleness — The quality of being forcible.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- frigatebirds — Plural form of frigatebird.
- fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
- gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
- gastarbeiter — guest worker.