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12-letter words containing m, e, s, b, r

  • irremissibly — In an irremissible manner; unpardonably.
  • lobster moth — a large sombre-hued prominent moth, Stauropus fagi, that when at rest resembles dead leaves. The modified thoracic legs of the larva, carried curled over its body, look like a lobster's claw
  • lumbersexual — a man whose style of dress and appearance is reminiscent of the ruggedly masculine stereotype of the lumberjack, as in wearing plaid shirts and having a beard.
  • macaberesque — resembling or suggestive of the danse macabre; macabre
  • mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
  • marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
  • 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
  • mashrebeeyah — meshrebeeyeh.
  • mashrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
  • master baker — a baker who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
  • mesabi range — a range of low hills in NE Minnesota, noted for major iron-ore deposits mined by the open-pit method.
  • meshrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
  • messageboard — Alternative spelling of message board.
  • microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
  • microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
  • middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
  • 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.
  • misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
  • miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
  • miserabilism — Gloomy pessimism or negativity.
  • miserabilist — One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
  • misprescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
  • montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
  • mother's boy — mama's boy.
  • motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
  • mount erebus — a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island: discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841 and named after his ship. Height: 3794 m (12 448 ft)
  • murfreesboro — a city in central Tennessee: battle of Stone River (or Murfreesboro) 1862.
  • muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
  • muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
  • musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
  • 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.
  • new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
  • nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
  • numbers game — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
  • numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
  • obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
  • ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
  • persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
  • plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
  • polyribosome — polysome.
  • port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
  • pre-assembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
  • preassembled — assembled prior to purchase
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • re-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • reassemblage — a new or further gathering or collection
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