11-letter words containing s, t, b, e
- quatre bras — a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
- rabbit ears — an indoor television antenna consisting of two telescoping, swivel-based aerials.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- registrable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- respectable — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- restabilize — to stabilize again
- restartable — capable of being restarted
- reusability — reuse
- rooibos tea — tea prepared from any of several species of Borbonia or Aspalanthus, believed to have tonic properties
- rose beetle — rose chafer.
- rumble seat — Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
- rust bucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- sabrmetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- safety belt — seat belt.
- safety bolt — a bolt or lock on a door or gate that cannot be moved from the outside
- saleability — subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.
- satirizable — able to be satirized or ridiculed
- satisfiable — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- sauerbraten — a pot roast of beef, marinated before cooking in a mixture of vinegar, sugar, and seasonings.
- scarabaeist — a person who studies the beetle family Scarabaeidae
- scuttlebutt — Nautical. an open cask of drinking water. a drinking fountain for use by the crew of a vessel.
- scuzzbucket — Also called scuzzball [skuhz-bawl] /ˈskʌzˌbɔl/ (Show IPA), scuzzbucket [skuhz-buhk-it] /ˈskʌzˌbʌk ɪt/ (Show IPA). a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.
- sea bathing — the activity of swimming in the sea
- sea biscuit — ship biscuit; hardtack.
- second best — the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.
- second-best — the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.
- seed beetle — any of several beetles of the family Bruchidae that infest the seeds of legumes.
- senate bill — a proposed new law introduced for debate before the upper chamber of the legislature in, for example, the US, Canada, Australia, etc
- sensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- septembrist — a person who instigated or took part in the September Massacre.
- serbo-croat — Serbo-Croat is one of the languages spoken in the former Yugoslavia.
- set-top box — television signal converter
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- shea butter — a solid, greenish, yellowish, or whitish fat derived from the seeds of the shea tree, used for food and in the manufacture of soaps and candles.
- shelterbelt — a row of trees providing shelter from the wind
- shutter-bug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
- shuttle bus — a bus that travels regularly between two places
- silver beet — a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having large firm green leaves: staple cooked green vegetable in Australia and New Zealand
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- sketch book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- slate black — a slightly purplish black.
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
- soft-boiled — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- spitsbergen — a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).