12-letter words containing m, b, s
- distributism — a socioeconomic theory and system advocating widespread ownership of private property and the means of production: based on late 19th-century Catholic teachings on economic and social justice.
- dithyrambist — a writer or performer of dithyrambs
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- drive sb mad — If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
- dyer's-broom — woadwaxen.
- dynamic dbms — dynamic database management system
- e-thrombosis — a clot in the bloodstream caused by long periods spent being physically inactive at a computer
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- embarassment — Misspelling of embarrassment.
- embarrassing — Causing embarrassment.
- embeddedness — The property of being embedded.
- embellishing — Present participle of embellish.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embourgeoise — to make bourgeois
- embrocations — Plural form of embrocation.
- embroiderers — Plural form of embroiderer.
- embroideries — Plural form of embroidery.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- equilibriums — Plural form of equilibrium.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- 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.
- fibrosarcoma — a sarcoma derived from fibroblast cells, often able to generate collagen.
- fission bomb — atomic bomb.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- hansom (cab) — a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homo habilis — an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to modern humans.
- house number — the unique number given to each building on a street which forms part of that building's address
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- icbm address — (networking, humour) (Or "missile address") The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project includes a space for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This is actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it has become traditional to refer to this as one's "ICBM address" or "missile address", and many people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target altitude.)
- illiberalism — narrowminded; bigoted.
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immobilising — Present participle of immobilise.
- immobilizers — Plural form of immobilizer.