12-letter words containing g, b, m
- immobilising — Present participle of immobilise.
- immobilizing — Present participle of immobilize.
- immunoglobin — (immunology, protein) Any protein that functions as an antibody.
- jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
- landing beam — a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- lobotomising — Present participle of lobotomise.
- luxembourger — a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- magnetizable — susceptible to magnetization.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- main bearing — one of the bearings in an internal combustion engine upon which the crankshaft rotates
- male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
- marriage bed — the bed in which a married couple sleep together
- marriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
- masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- mesabi range — a range of low hills in NE Minnesota, noted for major iron-ore deposits mined by the open-pit method.
- messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
- microbiology — study of microorganisms
- 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.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- mind-bending — mind-blowing.
- mind-blowing — overwhelming; astounding: Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.
- mind-numbing — If you describe an event or experience as mind-numbing, you mean that it is so bad, boring, or great in extent that you are unable to think about it clearly.
- mindboggling — That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to understand or figure out; bewildering; mystifying.
- misbelieving — Present participle of misbelieve.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- motorboating — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- mumblety-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.
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- murrumbidgee — a river in SE Australia, flowing W through New South Wales to the Murray River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
- 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.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- overbrimming — Present participle of overbrim.
- palm cabbage — cabbage palm.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- problem page — a feature in a newspaper, magazine, etc in which readers' problems are published and answers supplied