11-letter words containing a, b, m, h
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- mahabharata — an epic poem of India dealing mainly with the conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, with many digressions: includes the Bhagavad-Gita.
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- maniaphobia — Fear of being insane.
- march break — a school holiday, usually for a week, during March
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- master bath — a private bathroom adjoining a master bedroom.
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- metharbital — A barbiturate anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- miami beach — a city in SE Florida on an island 2½ miles (4 km) across Biscayne Bay from Miami: seaside resort.
- misbehaving — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- misbehavior — improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.
- mothballing — Present participle of mothball.
- motherboard — a rigid, slotted board upon which other boards that contain the basic circuitry of a computer or of a computer component can be mounted. Compare board (def 14).
- northumbria — an early English kingdom extending N from the Humber to the Firth of Forth.
- on the beam — any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- peach melba — a dessert consisting of cooked peach halves served with vanilla ice cream and Melba sauce.
- peche melba — peach Melba.
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- photo album — bound book for photos
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- red chamber — the Canadian Senate chamber.
- rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
- rhabdomyoma — a benign tumor made up of striated muscular tissue.
- rhythm band — a collection of simple percussion instruments used especially with piano accompaniment to teach musical rhythm.
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
- subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
- szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
- the bahamas — a group of over 700 coral islands (about 20 of which are inhabited) in the Caribbean: a British colony from 1783 until 1964; an independent nation within the Commonwealth from 1973. Language: English. Currency: Bahamian dollar. Capital: Nassau. Pop: 319 031 (2013 est). Area: 13 939 sq km (5381 sq miles)
- thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
- thingamabob — thingamajig.
- thingumabob — thingamajig.
- thromboxane — a compound, C 20 H 32 O 5 , formed in blood platelets, that constricts blood vessels and promotes clotting.
- thumb glass — a drinking glass having external indentations to allow it to be firmly grasped.
- thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
- unmatchable — not capable of being matched or equalled
- white bream — a similar cyprinid, Blicca bjoerkna
- with a bump — If someone comes down to earth with a bump, they suddenly start recognizing unpleasant facts after a period of time when they have not been doing this.