13-letter words containing h, b, o, m
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- home assembly — assembly at home of something supplied in pieces
- homeobox gene — any of a group of genes whose function is to divide the early embryo into bands of cells with the potential to become specific organs or tissues.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- hoodman-blind — blindman's buff.
- 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
- hydrogen bomb — a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes.
- hypermobility — An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
- hypometabolic — Relating to hypometabolism.
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
- leghemoglobin — a hemoglobinlike red pigment in the root nodules of leguminous plants, as soybean, that is essential for nitrogen fixation.
- lower chamber — lower house.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- mao inhibitor — any of various substances, as isocarboxazid and phenelzine, that block enzymatic breakdown of certain monoamine neurotransmitters: used to treat severe depression. Abbreviation: MAOI.
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
- membranophone — any musical instrument, as a drum, in which the sound is produced by striking, rubbing, or blowing against a membrane stretched over a frame.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- methemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
- middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- miss the boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- mock whipbird — an Australian bird, Pachycephala rufiventris, which is not of the whipbird family
- modern hebrew — the living language of modern Israel, a revived form of ancient Hebrew. Abbreviation: ModHeb.
- mother abbess — the female head of a religious house of nuns
- mouthbreather — a person who breathes through the mouth instead of through the nose
- nonmembership — the fact or condition of being a nonmember
- north belmont — a town in S North Carolina.
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
- object method — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a function that is called, or "invoked", on an object, as opposed to a class method which is invoked on a class. For example, a class "Person" might have an object method to return a person's name and a class method to return the number of people. An object method called on an object of class C may be defined by C or may be inherited from one of C's superclasses.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- oxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- pomme blanche — breadroot.
- pompano beach — a city in SE Florida.
- rabbath ammon — Amman.
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.