13-letter words containing e, m, b, o, u
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- hummle bonnet — a cap formerly worn by Scottish soldiers
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- incombustible — not combustible; incapable of being burned; fireproof.
- judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
- lambeosaurine — Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.
- lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
- libel tourism — the act of suing a writer for alleged defamation in a foreign jurisdiction where there are weak libel laws.
- luxembourgian — of or relating to Luxembourg, its people, or their language.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- meadow beauty — any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, especially R. mariana or R. virginica, having showy rose-pink flowers with eight prominent bright yellow stamens.
- medium bomber — a moderately large airplane capable of carrying large bomb loads for moderate distances at medium altitudes, especially one having a gross loaded weight of 100,000 to 250,000 pounds (45,000 to 113,000 kg).
- melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
- membranaceous — Resembling or having properties of a membrane.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- microbusiness — A business that operates on a very small scale.
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- mixed doubles — (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.
- mobile number — a set of figures identifying the mobile telephone of a particular subscriber, and used in making connections to that telephone
- mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
- moebius strip — Möbius strip
- money grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- money to burn — more money than one needs
- money-grubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- moneygrubbers — Plural form of moneygrubber.
- moneygrubbing — Alternative spelling of money-grubbing.
- mosquito bite — a bite inflicted by a mosquito
- mottled umber — a brownish geometrid moth, Erannis defoliaria, whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees
- mound builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- mound-builder — a member of one of the various American Indian tribes who, in prehistoric and early historic times, erected the burial mounds and other earthworks of the Mississippi drainage basin and southeastern U.S.
- mount gambier — a city in S Australia.
- mount lebanon — a town in SW Pennsylvania, SW of Pittsburgh.
- mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- mouthbreather — a person who breathes through the mouth instead of through the nose
- multiple boot — dual boot
- mycobacterium — A bacterium of a group that includes the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.