12-letter words containing m, i, n, b
- embroidering — Present participle of embroider.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exterminable — Capable of being exterminated.
- feebleminded — lacking the normal mental powers.
- ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- 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.
- fly in amber — a strange relic or reminder of the past
- funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
- gambling den — a building operating as a business where money can be staked on playing games of chance
- gambling man — adult male who gambles
- gaming table — a table used for gambling, especially one designed with a game board and slots for chips.
- 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.
- gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hillclimbing — (sports) A form of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock on an uphill course.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- 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.
- ice climbing — sport: scaling icy cliffs
- imbibitional — relating to imbibition
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immobilising — Present participle of immobilise.
- immobilizing — Present participle of immobilize.
- immunoglobin — (immunology, protein) Any protein that functions as an antibody.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated
- in 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.
- inadmissible — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- inadmissibly — In an inadmissible way.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.