12-letter words containing t, i, n, b
- sub-function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subantarctic — of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately north of the Antarctic Circle; subpolar.
- subarcuation — a structure that is somewhat arched
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subcontinent — a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- suberization — the impregnation of cell walls with suberin, causing the formation of cork.
- subhastation — a public auction or sale
- subinfection — an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subjectional — the act of subjecting.
- sublineation — an underlining
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- substantiate — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- substituting — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substitution — a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
- substraction — the act or process of subtracting
- substruction — a foundation or substructure.
- subway train — a train that runs on an underground railway
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- table tennis — a game resembling tennis, played on a table with small paddles and a hollow celluloid or plastic ball.
- talking book — a phonograph record or tape recording of readings of a book, magazine, etc., made especially for use by the blind.
- tate britain — one of the two art galleries in London that make up the Tate Galleries; originally the Tate Gallery (1897)
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- 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.
- 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 business — If you say that someone or something is the business, you mean that they are the best of their kind.
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- 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.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- time-binding — the distinctively human attribute of preserving memories and records of experiences for the use of subsequent generations.
- tinea barbae — barber's itch.
- to think big — If you think big, you make plans on a large scale, often using a lot of time, effort, or money.
- trailblazing — to blaze a trail through (a forest, wilderness, or the like) for others to follow.
- trainability — capable of being trained.