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11-letter words containing t, r, e, m, b

  • preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
  • preemptible — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
  • problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • pyramid bet — a set of bets on two or more horse races or other sporting events in which the stake and winnings from the first bet automatically become the stake in the next bet, and so on as long as each bet wins.
  • pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
  • rabattement — the act of rabatting
  • rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
  • recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
  • rocket bomb — an aerial bomb equipped with a rocket for added velocity after being dropped from an aircraft.
  • rome beauty — a large, red variety of apple, used chiefly for baking.
  • rumble seat — Also called, British, dickey. a seat recessed into the back of a coupe or roadster, covered by a hinged lid that opens to form the back of the seat when in use.
  • sabrmetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
  • septembrist — a person who instigated or took part in the September Massacre.
  • st.-lambert — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
  • strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
  • subminister — to supply
  • subterminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
  • tamburlaine — Tamerlane.
  • team member — a member of a team, esp in a workplace
  • the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
  • theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thrombocyte — platelet.
  • thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
  • thumb drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
  • thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • timber mill — a sawmill producing timbers, as for building purposes.
  • timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
  • timber yard — A timber yard is a place where timber is stored and sold.
  • timberbeast — a logger.
  • tremblement — an instance, or cause, of trembling
  • tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
  • trombe wall — a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.
  • trouble man — troubleshooter (def 2).
  • troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
  • tub-thumper — a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.
  • tuberculoma — a tumour or other mass that grows from a tuberculous lesion or caused by the tubercle bacillus
  • tumble cart — a horse-drawn cart having two solid wheels.
  • tumble over — If someone or something tumbles over, they fall, often with a rolling or bouncing movement.
  • umbraculate — having an umbrella-like form or growth
  • unmeritable — not worthy or deserving of merit.
  • untrembling — not trembling or shaking
  • vampire bat — any of several New World tropical bats of the genera Desmodus, Diphylla, and Diaemus, the size of a small mouse, feeding on small amounts of blood obtained from resting mammals and birds by means of a shallow cut made with specialized incisor teeth.
  • webmeisters — Plural form of webmeister.
  • webmistress — a woman who designs and maintains a website.
  • white bream — a similar cyprinid, Blicca bjoerkna
  • wurttemberg — a former state in SW Germany: now part of Baden-Württemberg.
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