12-letter words containing t, a, i, b, e
- the barbican — a building complex in the City of London: includes residential developments and the Barbican Arts Centre (completed 1982) housing concert and exhibition halls, theatres, cinemas, etc
- the bastille — a state prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed (1789) in the French Revolution: its destruction is commemorated on Bastille Day, July 14
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thiobacteria — bacteria found esp. in stagnant water and at the bottom of the sea, that oxidize or reduce sulfur compounds, as hydrogen sulfide
- tie-on label — a label that is fastened by tying on
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- tinea barbae — barber's itch.
- tip-up table — a pedestal table having a top folding downward in two leaves.
- toilet table — a low table with mirror or mirrors where you sit while dressing or applying makeup
- tolerability — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- traceability — capable of being traced.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- treatability — able to be treated, especially medically: Some diseases are treatable but not curable.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- tube railway — subway (def 1).
- tube station — an underground station where underground trains depart and leave, esp in London
- tubocurarine — the principal active alkaloid of curare, C 38 H 44 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a muscle relaxant, especially as an adjunct to anesthesia.
- turbellarian — belonging to the Turbellaria, a class of platyhelminths or flatworms, mostly aquatic and having cilia on the body surface.
- two-base hit — a base hit that enables a batter to reach second base safely.
- ultraliberal — extremely liberal, especially in politics.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- un-trainable — capable of being trained.
- unactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.
- unattainable — capable of being attained.
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- uncultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- undeliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unfilterable — not able to be filtered
- unhabituated — to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- uninebriated — to make drunk; intoxicate.
- uninvestable — that can be invested.
- unlistenable — that cannot be listened to agreeably or comfortably.
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unnegotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- unnoticeable — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unnoticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unobtainable — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.