13-letter words containing m, a, b, u
- 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.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- non-ambiguity — doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.
- non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- nonambulatory — of, relating to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- octane number — (of gasoline) a designation of antiknock quality, numerically equal to the percentage of isooctane by volume in a mixture of isooctane and normal heptane that matches the given gasoline in antiknock characteristics.
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- out on a limb — a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing: the lower limbs; artificial limbs.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
- rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
- random number — pseudorandom number
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- republicanism — republican government.
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- sand bluestem — a grass, Andropogon hallii, native to the Great Plains, used as a cover crop for sand dunes.
- serial number — a number, usually one of a series, assigned for identification: the serial number of an automobile engine.
- serum albumin — Biochemistry. the principal protein of blood plasma, important in osmotic regulation of the blood and transport of metabolites.
- sinumbra lamp — an unshaded sperm-oil lamp consisting of a translucent glass globe supported on a pedestal: a form of astral lamp.
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- square number — a number that is the square of another integer, as 1 of 1, 4 of 2, 9 of 3, etc.
- status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
- steam turbine — a turbine driven by steam pressure.
- stimulability — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- subassemblage — a group of persons or things gathered or collected; an assembly; collection; aggregate.
- subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
- submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- supermembrane — a type of two-dimensional entity postulated in certain theories of elementary particles that involve supersymmetry
- surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
- terbium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the cerium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
- thoracolumbar — of the thoracic and lumbar regions
- tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
- tintinnabulum — a small, tinkling bell or a set of bells played in succession.
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
- umbraculiform — umbrella-shaped
- umbrella bird — any of several large trogons of the genus Cephalopterus, of Central and South America, as C. ornatus, having an umbrellalike crest above the head.