13-letter words containing m, a, b, o
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- bowman's root — an eastern U.S. plant, Gillenia trifoliata, of the rose family, having terminal clusters of white flowers.
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
- brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- broad-brimmed — (of a hat) having a broad brim
- bromide paper — a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide
- brook lamprey — a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean
- brown mustard — black mustard. See under mustard (def 2).
- bumble around — When someone bumbles around or bumbles about, they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- bums on seats — If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
- businesswoman — A businesswoman is a woman who works in business.
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
- camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
- campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
- carbonium ion — type of positively charged organic ion
- carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
- chamber opera — an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra.
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
- christmas box — a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
- cinnamon bear — a reddish-brown variety of the American black bear
- circumorbital — (anatomy) Around the eye.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- cockney bream — a young snapper fish
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.
- colostomy bag — a bag that is attached to the surgical opening from the colon onto the surface of the body and into which faecal matter passes
- combat jacket — a military-style jacket, usually khaki, olive green, or with camouflage colours
- combat troops — troops who are engaged in fighting
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- combinability — capable of combining or being combined.
- combinational — Of or pertaining to (a) combination.
- combinatorial — of or involving combination, esp. mathematical combination
- combinatorics — a branch of mathematics dealing with combinations and permutations
- comfortablest — Superlative form of comfortable.
- commeasurable — having the same measure or extent; commensurate.
- commensurable — having a common factor
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- commutability — The quality of being commutable.
- compact cobol — (language) A subset of COBOL defined, but not published, ca. 1961.
- companionable — If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
- companionably — possessing the qualities of a good companion; pleasant to be with; congenial.
- comparability — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- compatability — Misspelling of compatibility.
- compatibilism — (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibilist — (philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- compatibility — compatible
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- computability — (computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.