12-letter words containing m, i, n, b
- misbelieving — Present participle of misbelieve.
- mixed number — a number consisting of a whole number and a fraction or decimal, as 4½ or 4.5.
- mobile phone — any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.
- mobilisation — The act of mobilising.
- mobilization — to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- monte bianco — Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- motorboating — a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor.
- multibillion — Denoting something costing or valued at several billions of a currency.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- 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.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- 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
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- noble-minded — characterized by morally admirable thought or motives; righteous; worthy.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- non-imitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- nonambiguous — not ambiguous, clear
- noncombative — Not combative.
- nonincumbent — a candidate or party in an election that does not already hold the position
- nonmicrobial — not microbial, not caused by or related to microbes
- nonsymbiotic — Not symbiotic.
- normalizable — That can be normalized.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- obambulation — (obsolete) Wandering about; a casual outing.
- obscurantism — opposition to the increase and spread of knowledge.
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- osco-umbrian — a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- overbrimming — Present participle of overbrim.
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.