11-letter words containing t, o, a, b
- sonofabitch — an abusive term of address or of description
- sorbability — the ability of something to absorb
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- stable door — a door with an upper and lower leaf that may be opened separately
- statcoulomb — the electrostatic unit of a quantity of electricity, equivalent to 3.3356 × 10 −10 coulomb and equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one statampere.
- stenobathic — of or relating to marine or freshwater life that can tolerate only limited changes in depth (opposed to eurybathic).
- stereobatic — relating to or resembling a stereobate
- stoop labor — the physical labor associated with the cultivation or picking of crops in farm fields, especially as performed by poorly paid, unskilled workers.
- storability — capable of being stored for considerable time without loss of freshness or usability.
- store brand — an item offered for sale under a store's own label.
- stringboard — a board or facing covering the ends of the steps in a staircase.
- strombolian — relating to or denoting a type of volcanic eruption characterized by repeated fountaining or jetting of fluid lava into the air
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subarration — an ancient way of marrying by giving a ring or gift
- subaudition — an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subcontract — a contract by which one agrees to render services or to provide materials necessary for the performance of another contract.
- subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
- subcortical — situated beneath the cortex.
- subdominant — Music. the fourth tone of a diatonic scale, next below the dominant.
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subitaneous — sudden
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- sublittoral — of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the littoral and bathyal zones, from the low water line to the edge of the continental shelf, or to a depth of approximately 660 feet (200 meters).
- subluxation — a partial dislocation, as of a joint; sprain.
- subnational — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subornation — to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- subpanation — the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine of Communion
- subrational — less than or almost rational.
- subrogation — to put into the place of another; substitute for another.
- substractor — a person who subtracts or takes away
- subtraction — an act or instance of subtracting.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- supportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- sweat blood — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
- tabefaction — the process of tabefying
- table board — daily meals provided for pay.
- table money — an allowance for official entertaining of visitors, etc, esp in the army
- tabletopped — having a table top
- taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
- tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, especially an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- taphephobia — an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
- taurobolium — the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancient rites of Mithras or Cybele.
- teeterboard — a seesaw; teeter.
- tempolabile — changing irregularly with time
- terebration — the action of drilling or puncturing