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12-letter words containing m, i, r, a, b, e

  • leaf-climber — a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
  • magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
  • main bearing — one of the bearings in an internal combustion engine upon which the crankshaft rotates
  • mare imbrium — (Sea of Showers) a dark plain in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 340,000 sq. mi. (880,000 sq. km).
  • mare liberum — a body of navigable water to which all nations have unrestricted access.
  • marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
  • marine borer — any mollusc or crustacean that lives usually in warm seas and destroys wood by boring into and eating it. The gribble and shipworm are the best known since they penetrate any wood in favourable water
  • marriage bed — the bed in which a married couple sleep together
  • marriageable — suitable or attractive for marriage: The handsome and successful young man was considered eminently marriageable.
  • masterbating — Misspelling of masturbating.
  • memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
  • mesabi range — a range of low hills in NE Minnesota, noted for major iron-ore deposits mined by the open-pit method.
  • metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
  • metacinnabar — a polymorph of cinnabar, black mercuric sulfide, HgS.
  • mib variable — A managed object that is defined in a Management Information Base (MIB). The object is defined by a textual name and a corresponding object identifier, a syntax, an access mode, a status, and a description of the semantics of the managed object. The MIB Variable contains pertinent management information that is accessible as defined by the access mode.
  • michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
  • microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
  • microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
  • millilambert — a unit of luminance equal to one thousandth of a lambert. Abbreviation: mL.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • murderabilia — objects that are regarded as valuable because of their connection with murders or other notorious crimes
  • musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
  • mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • normalizable — That can be normalized.
  • numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
  • overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
  • permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
  • persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
  • primary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
  • reimbursable — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
  • sabermetrics — (used with a singular verb) the computerized measurement of baseball statistics.
  • semiabstract — of or relating to art or sculpture which is abstract but in which the subject can still be recognized
  • semiarboreal — (of animals) spending half or some of their life in trees
  • semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
  • silver bream — a type of ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae
  • stabilimeter — stabilograph.
  • steam boiler — a receptacle in which water is boiled to generate steam.
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