12-letter words containing t, e, s, b, l
- snout beetle — weevil (def 1).
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
- square-built — sturdy and strong-looking
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- 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.
- steel lumber — metal lumber composed of sheet steel.
- steerability — to guide the course of (something in motion) by a rudder, helm, wheel, etc.: to steer a bicycle.
- steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- strobe light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- strobe-light — a device for studying the motion of a body, especially a body in rapid revolution or vibration, by making the motion appear to slow down or stop, as by periodically illuminating the body or viewing it through widely spaced openings in a revolving disk.
- struggle bus — a situation, task, etc., that seems difficult or frustrating: With no sleep last night, I’ll be on the struggle bus today.
- stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
- subalternant — a universal in relation to a subaltern
- subalternate — subordinate.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcelestial — being beneath the heavens; terrestrial.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- sublineation — an underlining
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- 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.
- subsequently — occurring or coming later or after (often followed by to): subsequent events; Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- table tennis — a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball.
- tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
- terribleness — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- the absolute — ultimate reality regarded as uncaused, unmodified, unified and complete, timeless, 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 bollocks — something excellent
- the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
- the troubles — political unrest or public disturbances
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thistle tube — a glass funnel consisting of a long narrow tube with a thistle-shaped head.
- tool subject — a subject that, when mastered, equips students with a skill useful in studying other subjects: Grammar is a tool subject for English composition.
- transferable — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- translatable — to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own: to translate Spanish.