12-letter words containing s, t, i, l, b
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lamb's tails — burro's tail.
- liberal arts — humanities and social sciences
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- liberalities — Plural form of liberality.
- libertarians — Plural form of libertarian.
- 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.
- libidinosity — lustfulness
- linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
- lobotomising — Present participle of lobotomise.
- 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
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- miserabilist — One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
- mobilisation — The act of mobilising.
- mosbolletjie — (South Africa) Dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- nonbiologist — a person who is not a biologist
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- postbiblical — occurring after the events written about in the Bible, occurring after the Bible was written
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- 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.
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- 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.