12-letter words containing n, b, e
- metabonomics — (biochemistry, genetics) metabolomics.
- metacinnabar — a polymorph of cinnabar, black mercuric sulfide, HgS.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- mind-bending — mind-blowing.
- misbelieving — Present participle of misbelieve.
- mixed number — a number consisting of a whole number and a fraction or decimal, as 4½ or 4.5.
- mobile phone — any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
- monte bianco — Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- montebrasite — a mineral, lithium aluminum hydroxyl phosphate, LiAlPO 4 (OH), isomorphous with amblygonite, used as an ore of lithium.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- mount elbert — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range. Height: 4399 m (14 431 ft)
- mount erebus — a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island: discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841 and named after his ship. Height: 3794 m (12 448 ft)
- mount kazbek — an extinct volcano in N Georgia in the central Caucasus Mountains. Height: 5047 m (16 558 ft)
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- mutable sign — any of the four astrological signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, or Pisces, that are grouped together because of their placement at the end of the seasons and characterized by the attribute of adaptability to circumstances.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- nearer tibet — the eastern part of Tibet.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- nebulousness — The characteristic of being nebulous.
- neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
- neighbouring — (British, Canada) Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
- neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- 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.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- new business — New business is the number of new policies that are written by an insurance company in a particular period.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- new urbanism — an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- newtownabbey — a town in Northern Ireland, in Newtownabbey district, Co Antrim on Belfast Lough: the third largest town in Northern Ireland, formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of seven villages; light industrial centre, esp for textiles. Pop: 62 056 (2001)
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element