10-letter words containing a, b, e, m, i
- metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- metabolite — a product of metabolic action.
- metabolize — (of a body or organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- microbeams — Plural form of microbeam.
- microblade — bladelet.
- migratable — Capable of migrating.
- mini-break — A mini-break is a short holiday.
- minibeasts — Plural form of minibeast.
- minie ball — a conical bullet with a hollow base that expanded when fired, used in the 19th century.
- mirabilite — a decahydrate form of sodium sulfate, Na 2 SO 4 ⋅10H 2 O.
- misbalance — To balance badly or wrongly.
- misbehaved — Simple past tense and past participle of misbehave.
- misbehaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misbehave.
- misbranded — Simple past tense and past participle of misbrand.
- mislabeled — Simple past tense and past participle of mislabel.
- mistakable — capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.
- mobile bay — a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, in SW Alabama: Civil War naval battle 1864. 36 miles (58 km) long; 8–18 miles (13–29 km) wide.
- mocambique — Mozambique.
- modifiable — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- montbretia — a widely cultivated plant of the African iridaceous genus Crocosmia, a cross between C. aurea and C. pottsii, with ornamental orange or yellow flowers, grown mostly as pot plants
- morbidezza — the effect of extreme softness and delicacy in pictorial and sculptural representations.
- mozambique — Formerly Portuguese East Africa. a republic in SE Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 297,731 sq. mi. (771,123 sq. km). Capital: Maputo.
- muesli bar — a snack made of compressed muesli ingredients
- obtainment — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- radio beam — beam (def 12).
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- remediable — capable of being remedied.
- remittable — to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
- seaborgium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Sg; atomic number: 106.
- semblative — resembling
- semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- senegambia — a region in W Africa between the Senegal and Gambia rivers, now mostly in Senegal.
- stimulable — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- sublimable — Psychology. to divert 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.
- submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
- submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- surmisable — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- terminable — capable of being terminated.
- tiger balm — a mentholated ointment widely used as a panacea
- timberhead — the top end of a timber, rising above the deck and serving for belaying ropes.
- timberjack — a person whose occupation is logging; logger.
- timberlake — Justin. born 1981, US pop singer; a member of the boy band NSYNC, he later found success with the bestselling solo album Justified (2002)
- timberland — land covered with timber-producing forests.
- timberyard — an establishment where timber and sometimes other building materials are stored or sold
- time about — alternately; turn and turn about
- traymobile — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc