9-letter words containing m, b, o
- mossbacks — Plural form of mossback.
- mossbauer — Rudolf L [roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1929–2011, German physicist: Nobel prize 1961.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.
- 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.
- motorable — Which can be traveled on by motor cars.
- motorbike — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- motorboat — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.
- mouldable — something formed in or on a mold: a mold of jelly.
- moundbird — megapode.
- mountable — Able to be mounted.
- mousebird — coly.
- mouthable — able to be recited or spoken well
- mouthbows — Plural form of mouthbow.
- moyobamba — a city in NW Peru.
- mozarabic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mozarabs: Mozarabic culture.
- mr. bones — the end man in a minstrel troupe who plays the bones.
- mr. tambo — the end man in a minstrel troupe who plays the tambourine.
- multiboot — dual boot
- multilobe — having several lobes
- music box — a box or case containing an apparatus for producing music mechanically, as by means of a comblike steel plate with tuned teeth sounded by small pegs or pins in the surface of a revolving cylinder or disk.
- mycobiont — the fungal component of a lichen.
- myofibril — a contractile fibril of skeletal muscle, composed mainly of actin and myosin.
- myoglobin — hemoglobin of muscle, weighing less and carrying more oxygen and less carbon monoxide than blood hemoglobin.
- myrobalan — the dried plumlike fruit of certain tropical trees of the genus Phyllanthus, used in dyeing, tanning, and making ink.
- myrobolan — Alternative form of myrobalan.
- mysophobe — A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- myxamoeba — an amoeba-like cell produced by a spore
- nail bomb — an explosive device packed with nails or similar metal objects that act as shrapnel.
- nameboard — a signboard that identifies a place or object.
- new broom — Someone who has just started a new job and who is expected to make a lot of changes can be referred to as a new broom.
- nominable — capable of, or worthy of, being named
- noncombat — not including, entailing, or requiring combat: noncombat duty.
- nonmember — a person who is not a member: The election meeting of the club is not open to nonmembers.
- nonmobile — capable of moving or being moved readily.
- numberous — Obsolete form of numerous.
- obamacare — a federal law providing for a fundamental reform of the U.S. healthcare and health insurance system, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010: formally called Affordable Care Act or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- obidoxime — An oxime used to treat nerve gas poisoning.
- obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- ogbomosho — a city in SW Nigeria.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- ombudsmen — Plural form of ombudsman.
- omissible — capable of being or allowed to be omitted.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- on a limb — isolated
- outfumble — to exceed in fumbling
- outgamble — to defeat at gambling
- outnumber — to exceed in number.
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- ovimbundu — Mbundu (def 1).