12-letter words containing t, r, e, m, b
- root climber — a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by means of adventitious roots, as the ivy, Hedera helix.
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- scribblement — a scribble
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- stabat mater — (italics) a Latin hymn, composed in the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the Cross.
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- 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.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thimbleberry — any of several American raspberries bearing a thimble-shaped fruit, especially the black raspberry, Rubus occidentalis.
- thrombectomy — surgical removal of a blood clot from a blood vessel.
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- timber hitch — a knot used for tying a rope round a spar, log, etc, for haulage
- timber limit — the area to which rights of cutting timber, granted by government licence, are limited
- timber right — ownership of standing timber with no rights to the land.
- timber-hitch — to fasten by means of a timber hitch.
- timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tumble dryer — A tumble dryer is an electric machine which dries washing by turning it over and over and blowing warm air onto it.
- tumbler gear — a transmission having gears actuated by a tumbler.
- turbidimeter — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
- turbidimetry — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
- unembittered — not embittered; not having bitter feelings
- unmarketable — readily salable.
- unremittable — to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- water bomber — an aircraft with special tanks for holding water that can be dropped on forest fires
- weather bomb — a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by a low pressure system in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, which can produce hurricane-force winds with very heavy rainfall or snow.