12-letter words containing i, r, t, a, b
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- stabilizator — a stabilizer
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- straight bat — a bat held vertically
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subsidiarity — secondary importance
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- sumba strait — an area of water separating Sumba, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, from Flores
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- swamp rabbit — any of several southern cottontails, especially Sylvilagus aquaticus, of swamps and lowlands.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- tate britain — one of the two art galleries in London that make up the Tate Galleries; originally the Tate Gallery (1897)
- teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
- teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
- 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 barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- tinea barbae — barber's itch.
- tolerability — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- traceability — capable of being traced.
- trackability — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- tractability — easily managed or controlled; docile; yielding: a tractable child; a tractable disposition.