12-letter words containing s, t, b, e, r
- poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
- prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
- 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.
- preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- re-stabilize — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- reset button — control that restores a default setting
- restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- rock lobster — spiny lobster.
- roots blower — a machine for compressing or evacuating air or gas by the rotation of a meshing pair of lobed wheels in a closely fitting case.
- rubber boots — wellingtons: footwear worn in rain
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
- sb's travels — the journeys someone makes to places a long way from their home
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scribblement — a scribble
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- 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
- shelter belt — a row of trees planted to protect an area from the wind