12-letter words containing a, b, r
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- mortar board — A mortar board is a stiff black cap which has a flat square top with a bunch of threads attached to it. In Britain, mortar boards are sometimes worn on formal occasions by university students and teachers. In the United States, mortar boards are worn by students at graduation ceremonies at high schools, colleges, and universities.
- mortarboards — Plural form of mortarboard.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- motorboating — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.
- multilobular — having several or many lobules.
- multitubular — Having many tubes.
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- nanga parbat — a mountain in NW Kashmir, in the Himalayas. 26,660 feet (8125 meters).
- natural-born — native-born.
- nearer tibet — the eastern part of Tibet.
- neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- non-arguable — susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-erasable — to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- non-operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- non-readable — unreadable.
- non-reliable — that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- nonabsorbent — Not absorbent; unable to absorb.
- nonabsorbing — That does not absorb (sound, radiation, fluid etc.).
- nonarbitrary — decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
- nonbacterial — Not bacterial.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonbreakable — Not easily broken.
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- noncarbonate — That which is not a carbonate.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- nonlibrarian — one who is not a librarian
- nonmicrobial — not microbial, not caused by or related to microbes
- nonobservant — Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
- nonpermeable — capable of being permeated.