12-letter words containing b, s, u
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- miss the bus — lose opportunity
- mobius strip — a continuous, one-sided surface formed by twisting one end of a rectangular strip through 180° about the longitudinal axis of the strip and attaching this end to the other.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- 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)
- mount robson — a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Height: 3954 m (12 972 ft)
- murfreesboro — a city in central Tennessee: battle of Stone River (or Murfreesboro) 1862.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- naughty bits — genitals
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- nebulousness — The characteristic of being nebulous.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- new business — New business is the number of new policies that are written by an insurance company in a particular period.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- 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).
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- numbers game — 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.
- 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.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurantist — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- obscurations — Plural form of obscuration.
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- obstreperous — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- obstructions — Plural form of obstruction.
- obtuse angle — an angle greater than 90° but less than 180°.
- of substance — wealthy
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- ombrophobous — (of plants) not able to tolerate wet conditions
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- outbuildings — Plural form of outbuilding.