15-letter words containing e, m, b, a, n
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- man-made fabric — a type of fabric that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- maneuverability — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manhattan beach — a city in SW California, SW of Los Angeles.
- manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
- manual alphabet — a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling.
- marie byrd land — former name of Byrd Land.
- mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
- medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
- meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
- merchant banker — A merchant banker is someone who works for a merchant bank.
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- metacinnabarite — the black solid form of mercuric sulphide
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- might-have-been — that which might have occurred if it were not for other events
- mishnaic hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 to 500.
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- moreton bay bug — a flattish edible shellfish, Thenus orientalis, of Northern Australian waters
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae
- mucous membrane — a lubricating membrane lining an internal surface or an organ, as the alimentary, respiratory, and genitourinary canals.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- noise abatement — a set of strategies or techniques to reduce and control annoying or harmful noise in an environment
- non-compensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- old man's beard — fringe tree.
- old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
- opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
- ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
- pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- pinball machine — the tablelike, usually coin-operated machine on which pinball is played.
- plasma membrane — cell membrane.
- platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
- predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
- presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
- prima ballerina — the principal ballerina in a ballet company.
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
- ram-air turbine — a small air-driven turbine fitted to an aircraft to provide power in the event of a failure of the normal systems
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- recombinant dna — DNA in which one or more segments or genes have been inserted, either naturally or by laboratory manipulation, from a different molecule or from another part of the same molecule, resulting in a new genetic combination.