15-letter words containing a, m, b, i, e
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- indian mulberry — a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes.
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- inflammableness — The quality of being inflammable.
- innominate bone — either of the two bones forming the sides of the pelvis, each consisting of three consolidated bones, the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
- interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra
- interminability — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- intransmissible — incapable of being transmitted
- investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
- ipsissima verba — with the very words; verbatim.
- irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
- jerusalem bible — a Roman Catholic version of the Bible published in 1966, translated from the French La Bible de Jérusalem, produced by Dominican scholars in Jerusalem (1956)
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
- liberal judaism — Reform Judaism.
- lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
- lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
- mackinac bridge — a suspension bridge over the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan: one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. 3800-foot (1158-meter) center span; 7400 feet (2256 meters) in total length.
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
- make a big deal — If someone makes a big deal out of something, they make a fuss about it or treat it as if it were very important.
- make a habit of — If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- man-made fabric — a type of fabric that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- marburg disease — a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys.
- marie byrd land — former name of Byrd Land.
- marriage broker — a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
- marriage bureau — an agency that provides introductions to single people seeking a marriage partner
- marriageability — The condition of being marriageable.
- mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
- mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
- medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
- medieval hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from the 6th to the 13th centuries a.d.
- megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
- meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- metacinnabarite — the black solid form of mercuric sulphide
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- might-have-been — that which might have occurred if it were not for other events
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- morbidity table — A morbidity table is a statistical table that shows the proportion of people that are expected to become sick or injured at each age.