12-letter words containing a, b, u
- league table — competitive ranking
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- liquidambars — Plural form of liquidambar.
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- lobular pump — a blower or pump displacing air or liquid by means of rotors having meshing lobes that act as a seal at their place of mesh.
- louise bogan — Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumbersexual — a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack, as in wearing plaid shirts and having a beard.
- macaberesque — resembling or suggestive of the danse macabre; macabre
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- make-up base — a primer of make-up applied to the face in order to prepare it for the main layer of make-up
- malibu board — a lightweight, fiberglass-covered surfboard, usually about 10 feet (3 meters) long with a rounded nose and tail and a convex bottom for increased maneuverability.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- mare imbrium — (Sea of Showers) a dark plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 340,000 sq. mi. (880,000 sq. km).
- mare liberum — a body of navigable water to which all nations have unrestricted access.
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- massaranduba — any of various evergreen trees of the genus Manilkara of the family Sapotaceae that are native to the tropics
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- metal lumber — a brand of sheet metal pressed and welded together to form joists and studding.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- misattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- mount kazbek — an extinct volcano in N Georgia in the central Caucasus Mountains. Height: 5047 m (16 558 ft)
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- multilobular — having several or many lobules.
- multipliable — capable of being multiplied.
- 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
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- 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.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- natural-born — native-born.
- naughty bits — genitals