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12-letter words containing m, o, n

  • boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
  • boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
  • bonus number — (in the National Lottery) a number announced after the normal six numbers which influences the amount of prize money paid
  • bonus scheme — a scheme in a company or other organization according to which employees receive a bonus if they meet specified targets
  • booking form — a form used to book a holiday, accommodation, etc
  • boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
  • bosom friend — an intimate friend
  • bottom round — a cut of beef taken from outside the round, which is below the rump and above the upper leg.
  • bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
  • box magazine — a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.
  • boxgrove man — a type of primitive man, probably Homo heidelbergensis, and probably dating from the Middle Palaeolithic period some 500 000 years ago; remains were found at Boxgrove in West Sussex in 1993 and 1995
  • boxing match — a competition between two boxers
  • brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
  • bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
  • bromomethane — methyl bromide.
  • bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
  • bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
  • bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
  • burial mound — a barrow
  • burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
  • cacodaemonic — Daemonic.
  • call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
  • call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
  • calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
  • calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
  • calumniously — in a calumnious manner
  • camera phone — A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
  • cameraperson — a camera operator
  • camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
  • camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
  • camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
  • campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
  • can of worms — a complicated problem
  • canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
  • cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
  • career woman — A career woman is a woman with a career who is interested in working and progressing in her job, rather than staying at home looking after the house and children.
  • carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
  • cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
  • catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
  • causationism — the theory of universal causation
  • cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cessationism — The concept, amongst most Christians, that the works of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and miracles) ceased at some point in history.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
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