12-letter words containing m, a, s, t, b
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
- combat pants — trousers: military style
- combinations — a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legs
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- costume ball — a fancy dress ball
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- demibastions — Plural form of demibastion.
- demonstrable — A demonstrable fact or quality can be shown to be true or to exist.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- desublimated — Psychology. to divert 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.
- disablements — Plural form of disablement.
- disambiguate — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- dithyrambist — a writer or performer of dithyrambs
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- embarassment — Misspelling of embarrassment.
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- false bottom — a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.
- fibromatosis — (pathology) The presence of multiple fibromas.
- funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
- lamb's tails — burro's tail.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- macrobiotics — a philosophically oriented program incorporating elements from several ancient cultures and emphasizing harmony with nature, especially through adherence to a diet consisting primarily of whole grains, beans, vegetables, and moderate amounts of seafood and fruit.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- marketbasket — a selected list of goods and services, usually food and household items regarded as typifying consumer spending over a given time, used to measure the cost of living
- master baker — a baker who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- 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.
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- misattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- miserabilist — One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- mobilisation — The act of mobilising.
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.