12-letter words containing t, e, n, b, r, i
- 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.
- 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
- scatterbrain — a person incapable of serious, connected thought.
- scribblement — a scribble
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- stone bruise — a bruise on the sole of the foot, caused by walking on or striking against a small stone or other hard object.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- tate britain — one of the two art galleries in London that make up the Tate Galleries; originally the Tate Gallery (1897)
- terebinthine — terebinthinate.
- terribleness — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- 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 brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- 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.
- transpirable — to occur; happen; take place.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- 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.
- turbo engine — an engine containing a turbocharger
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- un-trainable — capable of being trained.
- 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
- undeliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- unembittered — not embittered; not having bitter feelings
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unfilterable — not able to be filtered
- uninebriated — to make drunk; intoxicate.
- union buster — any of a group of persons hired by a company to disperse picketers, end a strike or job action, etc., especially by violence or intimidation.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unremittable — to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- unrequitable — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- unresistible — not able to be resisted or opposed
- unretainable — to keep possession of.
- venerability — commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.