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12-letter words containing r, e, t, o, b

  • greenbottles — Plural form of greenbottle.
  • half brother — brother (def 2).
  • half-brother — brother (def 2).
  • halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
  • harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
  • haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.
  • helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
  • herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
  • heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
  • heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
  • hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
  • hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
  • hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
  • hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
  • ibota privet — a Japanese spreading shrub, Ligustrum obtusifolium, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and nodding white flower clusters.
  • interborough — between boroughs.
  • interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
  • interorbital — Between orbitals.
  • interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
  • interrobangs — Plural form of interrobang.
  • interrogable — capable of being interrogated
  • isobilateral — (esp of a leaf) capable of being divided into symmetrical halves along two different planes
  • job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
  • job security — chances of staying in employment
  • joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
  • keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
  • kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
  • labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
  • laboratories — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
  • labrador tea — a North American bog shrub, Ledum groenlandicum, of the heath family, having evergreen leaves and rounded clusters of white flowers.
  • late bloomer — a person whose talents or capabilities are slow to develop: A late bloomer, she wrote her first novel when she was almost 50.
  • lay store by — to value or reckon as important
  • leatherbound — Bound in leather.
  • lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
  • letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
  • liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
  • liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
  • liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
  • liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
  • liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
  • light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
  • lobster moth — a large sombre-hued prominent moth, Stauropus fagi, that when at rest resembles dead leaves. The modified thoracic legs of the larva, carried curled over its body, look like a lobster's claw
  • lobster roll — lobster salad served on a frankfurter roll or the like.
  • lobster tail — the flesh of the tail of any of various crustaceans, esp. the Cape crawfish, prepared as food, often by broiling in the shell
  • lord's table — the, communion table.
  • mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
  • memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
  • metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
  • microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
  • mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
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