12-letter words containing m, a, s, t, b
- mortarboards — Plural form of mortarboard.
- moses basket — wicker bed for a baby
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- 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.
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- 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.
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
- 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.
- semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
- semibasement — a basement partly above ground, as in a house built on a slope.
- somnambulant — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulate — to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
- somnambulist — sleepwalking.
- stabat mater — (italics) a Latin hymn, composed in the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the Cross.
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- steam-boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- subminiature — subminiature camera.
- submit-table — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- sumba strait — an area of water separating Sumba, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, from Flores
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- swamp rabbit — any of several southern cottontails, especially Sylvilagus aquaticus, of swamps and lowlands.
- symbololatry — the worship of symbols
- thermostable — capable of being subjected to a moderate degree of heat without loss of characteristic properties, as certain toxins and enzymes (opposed to thermolabile).
- tombstone ad — a boxed advertisement without artwork or illustrations, especially one announcing an issue of a stock or bond.
- trombidiasis — infestation with mites of the family Trombiculidae
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unsublimated — 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.