12-letter words containing e, l, b, i
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microblogger — 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.
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- middlebrowed — midway between highbrow and lowbrow
- middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
- 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.
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- millilambert — a unit of luminance equal to one thousandth of a lambert. Abbreviation: mL.
- misbelieving — Present participle of misbelieve.
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- miserabilism — Gloomy pessimism or negativity.
- miserabilist — One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
- missile base — a military base used for storing and firing missiles
- mobile phone — any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.
- 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.
- 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
- mosbolletjie — (South Africa) Dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.
- motorbicycle — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- multipliable — capable of being multiplied.
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- 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.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- noble-minded — characterized by morally admirable thought or motives; righteous; worthy.
- non-bailable — capable of being set free on bail.
- non-celibate — a person who abstains from sexual relations.
- non-credible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- non-disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-eligible — fit or proper to be chosen; worthy of choice; desirable: to marry an eligible bachelor. Synonyms: suitable, fitting. Antonyms: ineligible, unsuitable, unacceptable.
- non-flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- non-fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- non-imitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- non-reliable — that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.: reliable information.
- non-tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.