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12-letter words containing m, a, i, n, b, e

  • 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
  • machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
  • 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
  • maintainable — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
  • male bonding — the process by which two or more men or boys become emotionally attached to each another
  • mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
  • marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
  • marine borer — any mollusc or crustacean that lives usually in warm seas and destroys wood by boring into and eating it. The gribble and shipworm are the best known since they penetrate any wood in favourable water
  • masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
  • mastoid bone — a large, bony prominence on the base of the skull behind the ear, containing air spaces that connect with the middle ear cavity.
  • mechanizable — Capable of being mechanized.
  • mesabi range — a range of low hills in NE Minnesota, noted for major iron-ore deposits mined by the open-pit method.
  • metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
  • metabolizing — Present participle of metabolize.
  • metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
  • metacinnabar — a polymorph of cinnabar, black mercuric sulfide, HgS.
  • michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
  • microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
  • monte bianco — Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
  • montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
  • musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
  • 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.
  • namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
  • neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
  • neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
  • new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
  • non-imitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
  • noncombative — Not combative.
  • normalizable — That can be normalized.
  • numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
  • omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
  • overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
  • persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
  • seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
  • sedimentable — capable of forming sediment
  • semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
  • semibasement — a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope.
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • subminiature — subminiature camera.
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • timbale iron — a metal mold made in any of several shapes and usually provided with a long handle, for deep-frying timbales.
  • unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.
  • unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
  • unimaginable — capable of being imagined or conceived.
  • unimpugnable — not capable of being challenged or criticized
  • unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
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