12-letter words containing t, o, b, e, l, i
- ethnobiology — the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies
- evolvability — (biology) The ability of a particular organism to evolve.
- exobiologist — A biologist whose speciality is exobiology.
- exorbitantly — In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- flabellation — the act of fanning a wound to keep it cool
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- geobotanical — of or relating to geobotany
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inkblot test — any of various psychological tests in which varied patterns formed by blots of ink are interpreted by the subject.
- inobediently — disobediently
- interlobular — (anatomy) Between lobules.
- interorbital — Between orbitals.
- interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
- interrogable — capable of being interrogated
- isobilateral — (esp of a leaf) capable of being divided into symmetrical halves along two different planes
- jettisonable — to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
- kite balloon — a barrage balloon intended for use in information-gathering and observation; it is usually tethered to the ground and has lobes to keep it stable and pointing into the wind
- klein bottle — a one-sided figure consisting of a tapered tube the narrow end of which is bent back, run through the side of the tube, and flared to join the wide end, thereby allowing any two points on the figure to be joined by an unbroken line.
- laboratories — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- letterboxing — Also, letter box. Chiefly British. a public or private mailbox.
- liberational — Relating to, or aiding, liberation; liberatory.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- little abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- lobster tail — the flesh of the tail of any of various crustaceans, esp. the Cape crawfish, prepared as food, often by broiling in the shell
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.