13-letter words containing b, a, s, m
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- mean business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- membranaceous — Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- memorableness — Memorability.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- message board — bulletin board system
- metabisulfite — (inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of sulfur S2O52- or any salt containing this ion.
- metastability — An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- millilamberts — Plural form of millilambert.
- minisubmarine — A small submarine.
- misattributed — Simple past tense and past participle of misattribute.
- miscalibrated — Simple past tense and past participle of miscalibrate.
- miserableness — The property of being miserable.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- miss the boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- mistranscribe — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- moabite stone — a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, about 860 b.c.
- mobilizations — Plural form of mobilization.
- monosyllabics — Plural form of monosyllabic.
- monosyllabism — monosyllabic character.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- mosquito boat — PT boat.
- mother abbess — the female head of a religious house of nuns
- movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
- multisyllabic — polysyllabic.
- multisyllable — polysyllable.
- myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
- neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- noncombatants — Plural form of noncombatant.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- observer team — a team deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
- osteoblastoma — (oncology) an uncommon osteoid tissue-forming primary neoplasm of the bone.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- parasymbiosis — the symbiotic relationship that occurs between certain species of fungi and lichens (which are themselves symbiotic associations between a fungus and an alga)
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome