9-letter words containing n, a, m, b
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- queen mab — Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.
- rabatment — the act of rotating a plane to align it with another
- rabbinism — the beliefs, practices, and precepts of the rabbis of the Talmudic period.
- ramble on — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- ramblings — If you describe a speech or piece of writing as someone's ramblings, you are saying that it is meaningless because the person who said or wrote it was very confused or insane.
- rembrandt — (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn or van Ryn) 1606–69, Dutch painter.
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- shambling — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- slam-bang — with noisy violence: He drove slam-bang through the garage door.
- snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- stableman — a person who works in a stable.
- submarine — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submental — situated beneath the chin
- subnormal — below the normal; less than or inferior to the normal: a subnormal amount of rain.
- symbolang — Lapidus & Goldstein, 1965. Symbol manipulating Fortran subroutine package for IBM 7094, later CDC 6600.
- tambourin — a long narrow drum of Provence.
- thumbnail — the nail of the thumb.
- timberman — a person who prepares, erects, and maintains mine timbers.
- tremblant — (of jewels) set in such a way that they shake when the wearer moves
- tribesman — a member of a tribe.
- unamiable — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- unamiably — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- unmakable — not capable of being made
- unmixable — incapable of being mixed
- unmovable — capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
- unmovably — immovably
- unnamable — nameable.
- untamable — able to be tamed.
- untamably — in an untamable manner; in such a way as to be untamable
- vitamin b — a deep-red crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 63 H 88 N 14 O 14 PCo, obtained from liver, milk, eggs, fish, oysters, and clams: a deficiency causes pernicious anemia and disorders of the nervous system.
- wagenboom — a South African tree
- zabernism — (obsolete) The misuse or abuse of military authority; bullying.
- zambezian — a river in S Africa, flowing S and W from Zambia through E Angola and Zambia and then E along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe into and through central Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. 1650 miles (2657 km) long.
- zamboanga — a seaport on SW Mindanao, in the S Philippines.