12-letter words containing s, t
- autoexposure — A device that sets the exposure automatically on a camera or other piece of equipment.
- autogenously — In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- automobilism — the use of automobiles, or the practices associated with them
- automobilist — Driver; person who uses a motor vehicle such as car, van or truck.
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- autotheistic — Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
- avascularity — the condition of having few blood vessels or of being without blood vessels
- aviculturist — A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.
- avitaminosis — any disease caused by a vitamin deficiency in the diet
- awe-stricken — filled with awe.
- axisymmetric — being symmetrical around an axis
- 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.
- babcock test — a test for determining the butterfat content of milk and milk products, conducted by adding sulfuric acid to a sample and then centrifuging it in a flask with a calibrated neck in which the liquefied fat collects.
- baby's-tears — a mosslike plant, Soleirolia (or Helxine) soleirolii, of the nettle family, native to Corsica and Sardinia, having small, roundish leaves and minute flowers.
- back scatter — the deflection of nuclear particles or of radiation in a scattering process through an angle greater than 90°.
- back stretch — the straight part of a race track opposite the part leading to the finish line.
- back to taws — back to the beginning
- back-stabbed — to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.
- back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- backstabbing — Backstabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
- backstarting — a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription
- backstitches — Plural form of backstitch.
- backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backtrackers — Plural form of backtracker.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- badger state — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
- báinín skirt — a skirt made of this material
- bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
- bait casting — the act or technique of casting an artificial or natural lure attached to a silk or nylon line wound on a reel having a revolving spool, the rod used being shorter and less flexible than that used in fly casting.
- bait-casting — designating fishing equipment designed for use with live bait or artificial lures, in which the weight of the bait or lure pulls the line from a winch-type reel, as during casting or trolling
- baking sheet — A baking sheet is a flat piece of metal on which you bake foods such as biscuits or pies in an oven.
- balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
- ballast line — the level to which a vessel is immersed when in ballast.
- ballet skirt — a full skirt, often made with several layers of fabric, typical of those worn by ballet dancers
- ballet suite — music written for a ballet but suitable or arranged for performance in an orchestral concert.
- balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
- balloon seat — (on some 18th-century chairs) a seat having an outline resembling that of a bell.
- balto-slavic — the Baltic and Slavic languages, when considered as constituting a subfamily within the Indo-European family of languages: the Baltic and Slavic branches are now generally considered by scholars as independently derived from Indo-European
- banana split — A banana split is a kind of dessert. It consists of a banana cut in half along its length, with ice cream, nuts, and sauce on top.
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.