13-letter words containing m, o, s, b, a
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- memorableness — Memorability.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- message board — bulletin board system
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- miss the boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- moabite stone — a slab of black basalt bearing an inscription recording the victory of Mesha, the king of Moab, over the Israelites, about 860 b.c.
- mobilizations — Plural form of mobilization.
- monosyllabics — Plural form of monosyllabic.
- monosyllabism — monosyllabic character.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- mosquito boat — PT boat.
- mother abbess — the female head of a religious house of nuns
- movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
- myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
- neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- neurofibromas — Plural form of neurofibroma.
- noncombatants — Plural form of noncombatant.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.
- observer team — a team deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- osborne, adam — Adam Osborne
- osteoblastoma — (oncology) an uncommon osteoid tissue-forming primary neoplasm of the bone.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- parasymbiosis — the symbiotic relationship that occurs between certain species of fungi and lichens (which are themselves symbiotic associations between a fungus and an alga)
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
- polysyllabism — a polysyllabic style or the use of multisyllabic words
- post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- ribosomal rna — a type of RNA, distinguished by its length and abundance, functioning in protein synthesis as a component of ribosomes. Abbreviation: rRNA.
- sacred bamboo — nandina.
- saint columba — Padraic [paw-drik] /ˈpɔ drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1881–1972, Irish poet and dramatist, in the U.S. from 1914.
- semicarbazone — a product that occurs as a result of aldehyde or ketone reacting with semicarbazide
- shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
- simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
- single combat — combat between two persons.
- smoke chamber — an enlarged area between the throat of a fireplace and the chimney flue.
- sodium borate — borax1 .
- spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
- spermatoblast — a reproductive cell