12-letter words containing m, o, b, s, l
- disembroiled — Simple past tense and past participle of disembroil.
- domesticable — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- emblazonries — Plural form of emblazonry.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- false bottom — a horizontal partition above the actual bottom of a box, trunk, etc., especially one forming a secret compartment.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- glioblastoma — A highly invasive glioma in the brain.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homo habilis — an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to modern humans.
- immobilising — Present participle of immobilise.
- immobilizers — Plural form of immobilizer.
- impost block — dosseret.
- 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.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- innominables — trousers
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- lobotomising — Present participle of lobotomise.
- lobster moth — a large sombre-hued prominent moth, Stauropus fagi, that when at rest resembles dead leaves. The modified thoracic legs of the larva, carried curled over its body, look like a lobster's claw
- loose-limbed — having supple arms and legs: a loose-limbed athlete.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- melanoblasts — Plural form of melanoblast.
- metabolising — Present participle of metabolise.
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- microbubbles — a microscopic, gas-filled bubble, used especially in medicine to image blood flow, dissolve blood clots, etc.
- microfibrils — Plural form of microfibril.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- microtubules — Plural form of microtubule.
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- mobilisation — The act of mobilising.
- 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.
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
- mosbolletjie — (South Africa) Dough leavened with the must of grapes used for making rusks.
- moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- omnibus bill — a bill dealing with, or providing for many different things or cases