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14-letter words containing m, o, b

  • disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
  • disembowelment — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
  • do a number on — a numeral or group of numerals.
  • dogbane family — the plant family Apocynaceae, characterized by shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants having milky and often poisonous juice, simple opposite leaves, often showy flowers, and fruit usually in dry pods, and including the dogbane, oleander, periwinkle, and plumeria.
  • domestic abuse — physical or mental abuse towards a member of one's own household
  • double bedroom — a large bedroom
  • double blossom — a disease of blackberries and dewberries, characterized by witches'-brooms and flower malformations, caused by a fungus, Cercosporella rubi.
  • double drummer — a type of cicada
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double measure — A double measure is a drink that is twice the normal measure.
  • drop an f-bomb — to use the word fuck in a situation where it will cause great offence
  • dumb insolence — a silent act designed to frustrate a complainer, criticizer, superior etc perhaps involving a refusal to answer them, looking sideways or at other people as they chastise you or ignoring them by continuing what you are doing.
  • dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
  • dumbfoundingly — In a dumbfounding manner.
  • exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
  • extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
  • fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
  • food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
  • football match — a match played between two football teams
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • gamma globulin — a protein fraction of blood plasma that responds to stimulation of antigens, as bacteria or viruses, by forming antibodies: administered therapeutically in the treatment of some viral diseases.
  • garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • global dimming — a decrease in the amount of sunlight reaching the surface of the earth, believed to be caused by pollution in the atmosphere
  • global warming — an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
  • globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
  • google bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • google-bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • guantanamo bay — a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.
  • gulf of cambay — an inlet of the Arabian Sea on the W coast of India, southeast of the Kathiawar Peninsula
  • hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
  • harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
  • health problem — ailment or disorder
  • helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
  • hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • hobbledehoydom — the condition of being a hobbledehoy
  • holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
  • holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
  • holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
  • homeward bound — going home
  • honeycomb work — stalactite work.
  • hors de combat — disabled or injured
  • hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • ibm compatible — (computer)   A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
  • immobilisation — Alternative spelling of immobilization.
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