12-letter words containing c, o, b, m, n
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
- hansom (cab) — a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- 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.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- medicine box — a small box used to hold medicines
- mental block — inability to recall
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- monte bianco — Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noncombatant — a person connected with a military force in some capacity other than that of a fighter, as a surgeon or chaplain.
- noncombative — Not combative.
- nonincumbent — a candidate or party in an election that does not already hold the position
- nonmicrobial — not microbial, not caused by or related to microbes
- nonsymbiotic — Not symbiotic.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- obmutescence — persistent silence
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subcomponent — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- timbromaniac — a person who is passionate about stamp-collecting