12-letter words containing o, b, s, t
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- sooty blotch — a disease, especially of apples and pears, characterized by sootlike spots or blotches on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Gloeodes pomigena.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- stabilizator — a stabilizer
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- stephen jobs — (person) Stephen P. Jobs (born 24 February 1955). The co-founder and ex-president of Apple Computer, leader of the team that produced the Macintosh. In 1979, when he was president of Apple, Steven Jobs saw a demonstration of Smalltalk at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center. He and other Apple employees were "very impressed with the unique and revolutionary user-friendly design". The first Macintosh was released in January 1984. Jobs described it as insanely great. Jobs was ousted from Apple in 1985 and founded Next, Inc.. In December 1996 he was re-employed by Apple when they bought NeXT. See also lithium lick, Mathematica.
- sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stock symbol — A stock symbol is a standard abbreviation for a publicly traded stock.
- stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- stonebreaker — a person that breaks up stone
- storage tube — an electron tube in which information is stored as charges for a predetermined time
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- stork's-bill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe tuner — an electronic instrument tuner that uses stroboscopic light
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- strobiliform — shaped as a strobilus
- stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- stuffing box — a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.
- stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- sub-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subcommittee — a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subcutaneous — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship