12-letter words containing o, b, s, t
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- exobiologist — A biologist whose speciality is exobiology.
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- false bottom — a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.
- 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
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
- fibrous root — a root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length.
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- flood basalt — a very extensive lava flow of basaltic composition that has issued from a fissure, often to be found as part of a series of such flows one on top of another, forming a plateau
- for the best — of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- gnotobiotics — the study of organisms living in germ-free conditions or when inoculated with known microorganisms
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- greenbottles — Plural form of greenbottle.
- groundbursts — Plural form of groundburst.
- hack to bits — to damage severely
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- impost block — dosseret.
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inkblot test — any of various psychological tests in which varied patterns formed by blots of ink are interpreted by the subject.
- insolubility — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- insubjection — lack of subjection, or the state of being disobedient to an authority, such as a government
- interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.