12-letter words containing b, i, s, m
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- illiberalism — narrowminded; bigoted.
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immobilising — Present participle of immobilise.
- immobilizers — Plural form of immobilizer.
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- impost block — dosseret.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- in 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.
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- inadmissibly — In an inadmissible way.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incumbencies — Plural form of incumbency.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- innominables — trousers
- insubmission — Lack of submission; disobedience.
- insubmissive — Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient.
- irremissible — not remissible; unpardonable, as a sin.
- irremissibly — In an irremissible manner; unpardonably.
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lamb's tails — burro's tail.
- liquidambars — Plural form of liquidambar.
- lobotomising — Present participle of lobotomise.
- loose-limbed — having supple arms and legs: a loose-limbed athlete.
- macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
- mesabi range — a range of low hills in NE Minnesota, noted for major iron-ore deposits mined by the open-pit method.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- microbiomics — the scientific study of the microbiome.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microfibrils — Plural form of microfibril.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- 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.