12-letter words containing b, o, t, m, r
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- neutron bomb — a nuclear bomb designed to release radiation consisting mainly of neutrons, thus causing extensive loss of life but relatively little damage to buildings and property and only brief radioactive contamination.
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- not-a-number — (mathematics) (NaN) An IEEE floating point representation for the result of a numerical operation which cannot return a valid number value. A NaN can result from multiplying an infinity by a zero, or from subtracting one infinity from another [what else?]. NaN is encoded as a special bit pattern [what pattern?] which would otherwise represent a floating-point number. It is used to signal error returns where other mechanisms are not convenient, e.g. a hardware floating-point unit and to allow errors to propagate through a calculation. Similar bit patterns represent positive and negative overflow and underflow and the positive and negative infinities resulting from division by zero.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- orthorhombic — noting or pertaining to a system of crystallization characterized by three unequal axes intersecting at right angles; rhombic; trimetric.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- 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
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- robert emmet — Robert, 1778–1803, Irish patriot.
- root climber — a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by means of adventitious roots, as the ivy, Hedera helix.
- scotch broom — the broom, Cytisus scoparius.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- strobiliform — shaped as a strobilus
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- symbololatry — the worship of symbols
- thermolabile — subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermostable).
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- thrombectomy — surgical removal of a blood clot from a blood vessel.
- thrombocytic — platelet.
- thrombolysis — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
- thrombolytic — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
- timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
- timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
- timbrologist — a stamp-collector
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- water bomber — an aircraft with special tanks for holding water that can be dropped on forest fires
- weather bomb — a type of extratropical cyclone characterized by a low pressure system in which the central barometric pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, which can produce hurricane-force winds with very heavy rainfall or snow.