12-letter words containing t, b, i
- re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- reattributed — 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.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- receipt book — book containing receipt slips
- redistribute — to distribute again or anew: The corporation will redistribute its share of the profits to its stockholders.
- reducibility — capable of being reduced.
- reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
- registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
- rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- relatability — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- restrainable — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- retranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- rib-tickling — very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
- ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- riding boots — long boots worn for horse-riding
- riding habit — habit1 (def 11).
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- robotization — the introduction of robots to carry out industrial tasks
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- root climber — a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by means of adventitious roots, as the ivy, Hedera helix.
- 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.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- sailing boat — sailboat.
- saint albans — a city in W Hertfordshire, in SE England: Norman cathedral; battles of Wars of the Roses 1455, 1461.
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-brieuc — a department in NW France. 2787 sq. mi. (7220 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Brieuc.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- sainte-beuve — Charles Augustin [sharl oh-gy-stan] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1804–69, French literary critic.
- sanctionable — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- sandblasting — the act or process of using a sandblast to clean, grind, or decorate a surface
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- santa isabel — former name of Malabo.
- satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
- saturability — capable of being saturated.
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scribblement — a scribble
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.