12-letter words containing t, a, s, b, l
- bonnet glass — monteith (def 2).
- bonnet-glass — a large punch bowl, usually of silver, having a notched rim for suspending punch cups.
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- bottle glass — glass used for making bottles, consisting of a silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminium
- bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
- breast drill — a geared drill that can be braced against the chest for additional leverage.
- breast wheel — a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
- british rail — the organization that ran the British railway system from 1948 until privatization in the mid-1990s
- brittle star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms.
- brittle-star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, occurring on the sea bottom and having five long slender arms radiating from a small central disc
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- bull mastiff — a large powerful breed of dog with a short usually fawn or brindle coat, developed by crossing the bulldog with the mastiff
- burro's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- bushelbasket — a rounded basket with a capacity of one bushel
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- by the balls — so as to be rendered powerless
- cabalistical — cabalistic
- cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
- cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
- cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
- cactoblastis — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum of South America, that was introduced into Australia to act as a biological control on the prickly pear
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- class object — (programming) In object-oriented programming, an object of class "class" that represents a class at run time. The existence of class objects allows introspection - the ability for a program to discover and modify attributes of its own code. (See self-modifying code). A class object may also be used for "housekeeping" tasks like keeping count of how many objects of the class have been created, though this may also be done by some kind of collection object. A class method is a method that operates on class objects.
- close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
- collaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collaborate.
- collectables — capable of being collected.
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
- criticisable — Alternative form of criticizable.
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- crystal ball — If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a crystal ball, you mean that they are trying to predict the future. Crystal balls are traditionally used by fortune-tellers.
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cut fastball — a fastball that breaks somewhat like a curve ball, due to increased pressure from the tip of the middle finger.
- cyberstalker — (Internet) A stalker who operates online.
- de-stabilise — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.