10-letter words containing e, m, u, b
- melburnian — 2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
- melon-bulb — a large, bulbous turning, sometimes with surface carving, found especially on the legs and posts of Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- mensurable — measurable.
- mess about — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- microbuses — Plural form of microbus.
- microtubes — Plural form of microtube.
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- minibudget — a group of economic measures proposed between full annual budgets
- misdoubted — Simple past tense and past participle of misdoubt.
- mocambique — Mozambique.
- molybdenum — a silver-white metallic element, used as an alloy with iron in making hard, high-speed cutting tools. Symbol: Mo; atomic weight: 95.94; atomic number: 42; specific gravity: 10.2.
- mossbunker — the menhaden.
- motorbuses — Plural form of motorbus.
- mount nebo — a mountain in Jordan, northeast of the Dead Sea: the highest point of a ridge known as Pisgah, from which Moses viewed the Promised Land just before his death (Deuteronomy 34:1). Height: 802 m (2631 ft)
- mountebank — A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
- mouse belt — rat belt
- move about — fidget, be restless
- mozambique — Formerly Portuguese East Africa. a republic in SE Africa: formerly an overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 297,731 sq. mi. (771,123 sq. km). Capital: Maputo.
- mud dauber — any of several wasps of the family Sphecidae that build a nest of mud cells and provision it with spiders or insects.
- muesli bar — a snack made of compressed muesli ingredients
- muhlenberg — Frederick Augustus Conrad, 1750–1801, U.S. clergyman and statesman: first Speaker of the House 1789–91, 1793–95.
- mulberries — Plural form of mulberry.
- muliebrity — womanly nature or qualities.
- multilobed — having many lobes
- mumblement — the act of mumbling
- mumbly-peg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- murderball — A team sport resembling dodgeball in which players are eliminated (\"murdered\") by being struck with the ball.
- murphy bed — a bed constructed so that it can be folded or swung into a closet.
- mussel bed — an area on the sea bed where mussels are bred
- number off — to call out or cause to call out one's number or place in a sequence, esp in a rank of soldiers
- number one — oneself, especially one's own well-being or interests: to look out for number one.
- number ten — Number Ten is often used to refer to 10 Downing Street, London, which is the official home of the British Prime Minister.
- number two — someone or something that is second in rank, order, or importance.
- numberable — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numberless — innumerable; countless; myriad.
- numbfishes — Plural form of numbfish.
- obambulate — (intransitive) To walk about, to wander aimlessly.
- omnibusses — (dated) Plural form of omnibus.
- on the bum — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
- outnumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outnumber.
- permutable — to alter; change.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- plumb line — a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. Compare plumb (def 1).
- plumb rule — a device for determining perpendicularity, consisting of a narrow board with a plumb line and bob suspended from an upper edge.
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- pre-number — a numeral or group of numerals.
- presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.