12-letter words containing a, b, o, r, t
- cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- direct labor — labor performed, as by workers on a production line, and considered in computing costs per unit of production.
- double altar — an altar on which the Eucharist may be celebrated from either the liturgical east or the liturgical west side.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- draughtboard — checkerboard (def 1).
- dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- ebracteolate — having no bractlets
- elaborations — Plural form of elaboration.
- elucubration — the practice of elucubrating
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- enterobacter — Any bacterium of the genus Enterobacter.
- enterobiasis — a disease, common in children, caused by infestation of the large intestine with nematodes of the genus Enterobius, esp the pinworm (E. vermicularis)
- equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- exacerbation — An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease).
- exorbitantly — In an exorbitant manner, excessively.
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- exprobratory — acting as a reproach
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- favorability — The quality or degree of being viewed favorably.
- fiberization — the process or practice of breaking into fibres
- fibrillation — the formation of fibrils.
- fibroblastic — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
- 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.
- floating rib — one member of the two lowest pairs of ribs, which are attached neither to the sternum nor to the cartilages of other ribs.
- flutterboard — a kickboard.
- foot-lambert — a unit of luminance or photometric brightness, equal to the luminance of a surface emitting a luminous flux of one lumen per square foot, the luminance of a perfectly reflecting surface receiving an illumination of one foot-candle. Abbreviation: fL.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- frontal bone — a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit.
- frontal lobe — the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the central sulcus.
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- gamboge tree — any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Garcinia, esp G. hanburyi, that yield this resin: family Clusiaceae
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- half brother — brother (def 2).
- half-brother — brother (def 2).
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- haricot bean — Haricot beans are small white beans that are eaten as a vegetable. They are often sold dried rather than fresh.