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12-letter words containing s, t, a, r, l, e

  • asymmetrical — Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style.
  • at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
  • atholl brose — a mixture of whisky and honey left to ferment before consumption
  • autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
  • b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
  • ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
  • barristerial — pertaining to a barrister
  • bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
  • basketballer — (informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.
  • bastard file — a file of the commercial grade of coarseness between coarse and second-cut.
  • battle dress — military field uniform and accouterments, generally camouflaged and stripped of all ornamentation.
  • battlefronts — Plural form of battlefront.
  • beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
  • below stairs — People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
  • belteshazzar — the Babylonian name given to Daniel. Dan. 1:7.
  • bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
  • bitter aloes — a bitter purgative drug made from the leaves of several species of aloe
  • bitter lakes — two lakes, the Great Bitter Lake and Little Bitter Lake in NE Egypt: part of the Suez Canal
  • black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
  • black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
  • black stream — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.
  • blastosphere — blastula
  • blatherskite — a talkative silly person
  • bletherskate — a blatherer
  • blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
  • blues guitar — blues guitar music
  • borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
  • bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
  • breast drill — a geared drill that can be braced against the chest for additional leverage.
  • breast wheel — a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.
  • breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
  • breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
  • breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
  • bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
  • brittle star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms.
  • brittle-star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, occurring on the sea bottom and having five long slender arms radiating from a small central disc
  • call letters — Call letters are the letters and numbers which identify a person, vehicle, or organization that is broadcasting on the radio or sending messages by radio.
  • calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
  • caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
  • cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
  • capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
  • carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
  • cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
  • carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
  • carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
  • caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
  • cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
  • cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
  • caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
  • caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
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