10-letter words containing n, e, t, b, i
- subpontine — of or relating to the Pontine Marshes.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subroutine — an instruction sequence in a machine or assembly language program that can be prewritten and referred to as often as needed. Compare procedure (def 4a).
- subsection — a part or division of a section.
- subsistent — subsisting, existing, or continuing in existence.
- subterrain — a cave or subterranean room.
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- table wine — a wine that contains not more than 14 percent alcohol and is usually served as an accompaniment to food.
- tabletting — a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- talibanize — to make (an organization) resemble the Taliban or portray (an organization) as being like the Taliban, in that it is seen to restrict personal freedom and punish opposition ruthlessly
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- teabagging — to place one's scrotum in the mouth of (one's sexual partner).
- tenability — capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute: a tenable theory.
- tenebrific — producing darkness.
- tenebrious — dark; gloomy; obscure.
- terminable — capable of being terminated.
- the buskin — tragic drama
- thigh bone — femur: bone of the upper leg
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
- tide-bound — (of a vessel) grounded or otherwise confined at low tide.
- timberland — land covered with timber-producing forests.
- timberline — the altitude above sea level at which timber ceases to grow.
- tithe barn — a large barn where, formerly, the agricultural tithe of a parish was stored
- torbernite — a mineral, hydrated copper uranium phosphate, CuU 2 P 2 O 12 ⋅12H 2 O, occurring in square tabular crystals of a bright-green color: a minor ore of uranium; copper uranite.
- transcribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- tube train — an underground train, esp in London
- tuberculin — a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- tunbellied — having a tunbelly
- turbinated — shaped like a top
- twice-born — Hinduism. of or relating to members of the Indian castes of Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, who undergo a spiritual rebirth and initiation in adolescence.
- unbaptized — not baptized
- unberthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- unblighted — Plant Pathology. the rapid and extensive discoloration, wilting, and death of plant tissues. a disease so characterized.
- unhittable — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- unilabiate — (of a flower or corolla) having only one lip
- unimitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- unliftable — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- unobedient — disobedient
- unobtained — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- unsatiable — capable of being satiated.
- unsuitable — not suitable; inappropriate; unfitting; unbecoming.
- untangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- untillable — able to be tilled; arable.
- untimbered — (of land) not timbered or wooded; not covered in forest
- uzbekistan — a republic in S central Asia. 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Capital: Tashkent.
- vanderbilt — Cornelius, 1794–1877, U.S. financier.
- waterbrain — gid, in sheep.
- webcasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- websterian — pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.