13-letter words containing b, e, n, a
- magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
- make no bones — If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret.
- malleableness — The quality of being malleable.
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- managed bonds — investment in a combination of fixed interest securities, equities, gilts, and property, in which an investment manager, acting on a client's behalf, varies the amount invested in each according to the returns expected
- manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- marbleization — The process of marbleizing.
- mariage blanc — unconsummated marriage
- mean business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- medicine ball — a large, solid, heavy, leather-covered ball, thrown from one person to another for exercise.
- membranaceous — Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
- membrane bone — a bone that develops from membranous tissue.
- membranophone — any musical instrument, as a drum, in which the sound is produced by striking, rubbing, or blowing against a membrane stretched over a frame.
- memorableness — Memorability.
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- merchant bank — a private banking firm engaged chiefly in investing in new issues of securities and in accepting bills of exchange in foreign trade.
- 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.
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- mineralizable — Capable of being mineralized.
- minisubmarine — A small submarine.
- miserableness — The property of being miserable.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- 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.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- mortgage bond — a bond secured by a mortgage on real estate or other property.
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
- mount lebanon — a town in SW Pennsylvania, SW of Pittsburgh.
- mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- nansen bottle — a waterproof container for taking samples of ocean water, several usually being lowered open on a line and each being closed at the desired depth by the action of a falling weight.
- narrow-bodied — (of a jet aircraft) having a narrow fuselage and a single aisle with seats on either side.
- national debt — the financial obligations of a national government resulting from deficit spending.
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- necklace bomb — a bomb consisting of linked charges hung around a victim's neck, used by terrorists or in hostage situations
- negotiability — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- 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.
- neoliberalist — A supporter of neoliberalism.
- nesting table — one of a set of usually three or four small tables that are graduated in size so that they may be stacked on top of one another.
- 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.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- new ball game — a new or changed situation: Once we're out of debt it'll be a whole new ball game.
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.