9-letter words containing a, m, b, s
- mislabels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislabel.
- mislabour — to labour wrongly
- moneybags — a bag for money.
- monobasic — Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- monoblast — A cell, normally found in bone marrow, that matures into a monocyte.
- moonbeams — Plural form of moonbeam.
- mopboards — Plural form of mopboard.
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- mossbacks — Plural form of mossback.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- rabbinism — the beliefs, practices, and precepts of the rabbis of the Talmudic period.
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- sabbatism — sabbath observance
- salambria — a river in N Greece, in Thessaly, flowing E to the Gulf of Salonika. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scrambler — a person or thing that scrambles.
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- sea bream — any of numerous marine sparid fishes, as Pagellus centrodontus, inhabiting waters off the coasts of Europe.
- semblable — a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- simarouba — any tropical American tree belonging to the genus Simaruba, of the quassia family, having pinnate leaves, a fleshy fruit, and a root whose bark contains an appetite stimulant.
- skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
- slam-bang — with noisy violence: He drove slam-bang through the garage door.
- slimeball — thin, glutinous mud.
- smack dab — Smack dab is used in expressions such as 'smack dab in the middle' of somewhere to mean exactly in that place.
- smack-dab — directly; squarely: smack-dab in the middle.
- smart mob — a large group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place typically for the purpose of social or political protest.
- smellable — to perceive the odor or scent of through the nose by means of the olfactory nerves; inhale the odor of: I smell something burning.
- snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- stableman — a person who works in a stable.
- steamboat — a steam-driven vessel, especially a small one or one used on inland waters.
- streambed — the channel in which a stream flows or formerly flowed.
- sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- subclimax — the development of an ecological community to a stage short of the expected climax because of some factor, as repeated fires in a forest, that arrests the normal succession.
- subdermal — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- sublimate — 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.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- submatrix — a set of certain rows and columns of a given matrix.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- submittal — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- submucosa — the layer of connective tissue located beneath the mucous membrane.