12-letter words containing b, m, e, s, o
- loose-limbed — having supple arms and legs: a loose-limbed athlete.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- 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.
- melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.
- mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- 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.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- mosbolletjie — (South Africa) Dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.
- moses basket — wicker bed for a baby
- mother's boy — mama's boy.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- mount erebus — a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island: discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841 and named after his ship. Height: 3794 m (12 448 ft)
- moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
- murfreesboro — a city in central Tennessee: battle of Stone River (or Murfreesboro) 1862.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- sober-minded — rational; sensible.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.