14-letter words containing m, o, b, c, r, a
- lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
- macrobiologist — One who studies macrobiology.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- marble orchard — cemetery.
- metabolic rate — the rate at which living organisms expend energy or convert energy into food
- microbarograph — a barograph for recording minute fluctuations of atmospheric pressure.
- microfibrillar — Of or pertaining to microfibrils.
- molecular beam — a stream of molecules freed from a substance, usually a salt, by evaporation and then passed through a narrow slit for focusing, for investigating the properties of nuclei, atoms, and molecules.
- monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
- nitrobacterium — Any of the several genera of bacteria in soil that take part in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonium and organic nitrogen compounds to the more soluble nitrite and nitrate.
- nonrecombinant — not involved in or produced by genetic recombination
- normal balance — The normal balance of an account is the side of the account that is positive or increasing.
- object program — a computer program translated from the equivalent source program into machine language by the compiler or assembler
- omega-c baryon — a neutral baryon having a mass 5292 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 6.4 X 10 -14 seconds.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rhombic aerial — a directional travelling-wave aerial, usually horizontal, consisting of two conductors each forming a pair of adjacent sides of a rhombus
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- secondary 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.
- simaroubaceous — belonging to the Simaroubaceae, the quassia family of plants.
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- stumble across — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- umbilical cord — Anatomy. a cord or funicle connecting the embryo or fetus with the placenta of the mother and transporting nourishment from the mother and wastes from the fetus.
- unarmed combat — the action of fighting without weapons