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12-letter words containing o, b, t

  • subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
  • subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • substitution — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
  • substraction — the act or process of subtracting
  • substruction — a foundation or substructure.
  • subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
  • subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
  • support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
  • supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
  • surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
  • symbololatry — the worship of symbols
  • t-bone steak — a loin steak having some tenderloin, characterized by its T -shaped bone.
  • table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  • table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
  • takeover bid — offer to buy a company
  • talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
  • tattie-bogle — a scarecrow
  • teaching job — a position as a teacher
  • technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
  • technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
  • technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • teeny bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
  • teeny-bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
  • tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
  • teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
  • the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, etc.
  • the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
  • the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
  • the sorbonne — a part of the University of Paris containing the faculties of science and literature: founded in 1253 by Robert de Sorbon as a theological college; given to the university in 1808
  • the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
  • thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
  • thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
  • thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
  • thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
  • thirdborough — an under constable of a township
  • thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
  • thrash about — flail, throw oneself around
  • thrombectomy — surgical removal of a blood clot from a blood vessel.
  • thrombocytic — platelet.
  • thrombolysis — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
  • thrombolytic — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
  • throttleable — capable of having the thrust varied.
  • through bass — figured bass.
  • ticket booth — kiosk: sells tickets
  • tie-on label — a label that is fastened by tying on
  • timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
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