12-letter words containing m, o, r, e, b, u
- neutron bomb — a nuclear bomb designed to release radiation consisting mainly of neutrons, thus causing extensive loss of life but relatively little damage to buildings and property and only brief radioactive contamination.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- not-a-number — (mathematics) (NaN) An IEEE floating point representation for the result of a numerical operation which cannot return a valid number value. A NaN can result from multiplying an infinity by a zero, or from subtracting one infinity from another [what else?]. NaN is encoded as a special bit pattern [what pattern?] which would otherwise represent a floating-point number. It is used to signal error returns where other mechanisms are not convenient, e.g. a hardware floating-point unit and to allow errors to propagate through a calculation. Similar bit patterns represent positive and negative overflow and underflow and the positive and negative infinities resulting from division by zero.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- number opera — an opera in which the arias, ensembles, recitatives, and other sections are clearly separated from one another.
- 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.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- oberammergau — a village in S Germany, SW of Munich: famous for the passion play performed there every ten years.
- oboe d'amour — an oboe with a bulb-shaped bell that is pitched a minor third below the range of the conventional oboe and was much used in music of the Baroque period.
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- order number — a number associated with a purchase or merchandise order
- outnumbering — Present participle of outnumber.
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- phone number — of individual, business
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- resubmission — Law. an agreement between parties involved in a dispute, to abide by the decision of an arbitrator or arbitrators.
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- semiglobular — possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.
- sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- sub-mortgage — a conveyance of an interest in property as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
- submolecular — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
- surmountable — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- union member — sb who belongs to a labour organization
- unreformable — not able to be reformed or reclaimed
- whole number — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- wrong number — a call made to a number other than the one intended. the number or person reached through such a call.