9-letter words containing c, o, m, b
- lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
- lambrusco — a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.
- lobectomy — excision of a lobe of an organ or gland.
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
- macrobian — Having an exceptionally long life span.
- maracaibo — a seaport in NW Venezuela.
- matchbook — a small cardboard folder into which several rows of paper matches are stapled or glued.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbeam — (physics) A beam having a small cross section.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microbian — (biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial.
- microblog — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- microbody — (cytology): A cellular organelle bound by a single membrane and containing enzymes.
- microbots — Plural form of microbot.
- microbrew — beer brewed in a microbrewery.
- microtube — A microscopic tube, especially one used in the construction of specialized lasers.
- misbecome — to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.
- mobocracy — political control by a mob.
- moby dick — a novel (1851) by Herman Melville.
- mole crab — a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace.
- monobasic — Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- monoblock — Alternative spelling of monobloc.
- monocable — an aerial ropeway having a single moving cable.
- morecambe — a port and resort in NW England, in NW Lancashire on Morecambe Bay (an inlet of the Irish Sea). Pop (with Heysham): 49 569 (2001)
- mosbacher — Emil, Jr ("Bus") 1922–1997, U.S. yacht racer and government official.
- mossbacks — Plural form of mossback.
- mozarabic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mozarabs: Mozarabic culture.
- music box — a box or case containing an apparatus for producing music mechanically, as by means of a comblike steel plate with tuned teeth sounded by small pegs or pins in the surface of a revolving cylinder or disk.
- mycobiont — the fungal component of a lichen.
- noncombat — not including, entailing, or requiring combat: noncombat duty.
- obamacare — a federal law providing for a fundamental reform of the U.S. healthcare and health insurance system, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010: formally called Affordable Care Act or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- procambia — plant part in stem and root
- recombine — to bring into or join in a close union or whole; unite: She combined the ingredients to make the cake. They combined the two companies.
- rocambole — a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.
- rose comb — a low comb with rounded points and a rear-extending spike of some breeds of chickens, as Wyandotte.
- schomburg — Arthur Alfonso, 1874–1938, U.S. scholar and collector of books on black literature and history, born in Puerto Rico.
- scombroid — resembling the mackerel.
- scumboard — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- shambolic — very disorganized; messy or confused: I’ve had a shambolic year, the worst ever.
- subatomic — of or relating to a process that occurs within an atom.
- submicron — (of particles) being less than a micron in overall dimensions.
- submucosa — the layer of connective tissue located beneath the mucous membrane.
- symbiotic — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
- symbolics — the branch of theology dealing with the study of the history and meaning of church creeds and confessions.
- toothcomb — a comb with fine teeth
- tubectomy — salpingectomy.
- uncombine — to break apart; separate; disunite