16-letter words containing m, e, s, b
- blunt instrument — something such as a hammer, used as a weapon
- boatswain's mate — a job classification in the US navy
- bootstrap memory — memory that allows new programs to be entered because some simple preliminary instructions or information are already built in.
- bornholm disease — an epidemic virus infection characterized by pain round the base of the chest
- boston cream pie — a cake of two layers with icing and a creamy filling
- boulogne-sur-mer — a port in N France, on the English Channel. Pop: 44 859 (1999)
- bowman's capsule — a membranous, double-walled capsule surrounding a glomerulus of a nephron.
- braille embosser — Braille printer
- brass instrument — a musical wind instrument of brass or other metal with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, as the trombone, tuba, French horn, trumpet, or cornet.
- brown house moth — a species of micro moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella, which, although it usually inhabits birds' nests, sometimes enters houses where its larvae can be very destructive of stored fabrics and foodstuffs
- budgie smugglers — men's close-fitting swimming trunks
- bury st. edmunds — a city in W Suffolk, in E England: medieval shrine.
- business machine — a machine for expediting clerical work, as a tabulator or adding machine.
- business manager — a person who ensures the running of a business by managing the work of relevant staff
- butterfly scheme — A parallel version of Scheme for the BBN Butterfly computer.
- cabinet minister — a minister who is a member of the cabinet
- cardinal numbers — Also called cardinal numeral. any of the numbers that express amount, as one, two, three, etc. (distinguished from ordinal number).
- castellated beam — a rolled metal beam the web of which is first divided by a lengthwise zigzag cut, then welded together so as to join the peaks of both halves, thus increasing its depth and strength.
- christmas beetle — any of various greenish-gold Australian scarab beetles of the genus Anoplognathus, which are common in summer
- circumscriptible — Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.
- clbuttic mistake — the humorous effect created by anti-obscenity filters that automatically replace offensive words in online articles with more acceptable variants
- columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
- come-to-bed eyes — a sexually alluring expression
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- communicableness — The state or quality of being communicable.
- composite number — a positive integer that can be factorized into two or more other positive integers
- constant lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
- consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- contemptibleness — The state or quality of being contemptible.
- cramp sb's style — If someone or something cramps your style, their presence or existence restricts your behavior in some way.
- creme de bananes — a liqueur flavored with bananas.
- cumberland sauce — a cold sauce made from orange and lemon juice, port, and redcurrant jelly, served with ham, game, or other meat
- database machine — (hardware) A computer or special hardware that stores and retrieves data from a database. It is specially designed for database access and is coupled to the main (front-end) computer(s) by a high-speed channel. This contrasts with a database server, which is a computer in a local area network that holds a database. The database machine is tightly coupled to the main CPU, whereas the database server is loosely coupled via the network.
- database manager — a person in charge of designing, maintaining, and controlling a database
- decision problem — (theory) A problem with a yes/no answer. Determining whether some potential solution to a question is actually a solution or not. E.g. "Is 43669" a prime number?". This is in contrast to a "search problem" which must find a solution from scratch, e.g. "What is the millionth prime number?". See decidability.
- demonstrableness — The quality of being demonstrable.
- determinableness — Capability of being determined; determinability.
- dimension lumber — building lumber cut to standard or specified sizes.
- disembarrassment — Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
- disestablishment — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- distributed term — a term applying equally to every member of the class it designates, as doctors in no doctors are overworked
- double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
- drop a bombshell — If someone drops a bombshell, they give you a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
- elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
- embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
- feeblemindedness — Quality of being feeble-minded; weak intellect.
- fertility symbol — an object, esp a phallic symbol, used in fertility-cult ceremonies to symbolize regeneration
- first-time buyer — someone who is buying his or her first house