12-letter words containing t, a, b, l
- short ballot — a ballot containing only candidates for the most important legislative and executive posts, leaving judicial and lesser administrative posts to be filled by appointment.
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- spongioblast — one of the primordial cells in the embryonic brain and spinal cord capable of developing into neuroglia.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- stabilizator — a stabilizer
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stageability — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- stickability — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- strobilation — asexual reproduction by division into segments, as in tapeworms and jellyfishes
- sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subcuticular — the nonliving epidermis that surrounds the edges of the fingernail or toenail.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
- subquarterly — as one of the quarterings of a grand quarter: a coat of arms borne subquarterly.
- subsatellite — a satellite designed to be released into orbit from another spacecraft.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
- supraorbital — situated above the eye socket.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- symbololatry — the worship of symbols
- table d'hote — a meal of preselected courses served at a fixed time and price to the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
- table runner — fabric strip used to decorate a table
- table tennis — a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.