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12-letter words containing s, e, t, b, y

  • every bit as — equally, just as
  • fuzzy subset — In fuzzy logic, a fuzzy subset F of a set S is defined by a "membership function" which gives the degree of membership of each element of S belonging to F.
  • great gatsby — a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
  • hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
  • irresistably — Misspelling of irresistibly.
  • irresistibly — not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood: an irresistible impulse.
  • job security — chances of staying in employment
  • keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
  • lay sth bare — If you lay bare something or someone, you reveal or expose them.
  • lay store by — to value or reckon as important
  • liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
  • mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
  • mother's boy — mama's boy.
  • octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
  • oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
  • phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
  • port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
  • post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
  • presbyterate — the office of a presbyter or elder.
  • presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
  • presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
  • questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
  • ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
  • safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
  • sell-by date — the last date on which perishable food should be sold, usually established with some allowance for home storage under refrigeration. Compare shelf life.
  • separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
  • set store by — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
  • severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
  • shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
  • solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
  • stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
  • steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
  • step by step — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
  • student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
  • sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
  • subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
  • subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
  • subfertility — below-average fertility
  • subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
  • subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
  • subjectivity — the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
  • subquarterly — as one of the quarterings of a grand quarter: a coat of arms borne subquarterly.
  • subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary
  • subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
  • subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
  • west babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
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