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10-letter words containing n, i, m, b

  • mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
  • machinable — (of a material) capable of being cut or shaped with machine tools. Compare free-machining.
  • main brace — a brace leading to a main yard.
  • mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
  • mandibular — pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.
  • mangabeira — a South American rubber tree
  • manila bay — a bay in the Philippines, in W Luzon Island: the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet 1898.
  • manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
  • māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
  • melburnian2nd Viscount, William Lamb.
  • mindblower — a hallucinogenic drug.
  • mini-break — A mini-break is a short holiday.
  • minibeasts — Plural form of minibeast.
  • minibudget — a group of economic measures proposed between full annual budgets
  • minie ball — a conical bullet with a hollow base that expanded when fired, used in the 19th century.
  • mining bee — a solitary bee of the genera Andrena and Halictus, which sometimes resemble honey bees
  • minitab ii — A system for interactive solution of small statistical problems.
  • misbalance — To balance badly or wrongly.
  • misbranded — Simple past tense and past participle of misbrand.
  • misbuttons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misbutton.
  • mobilising — Present participle of mobilise.
  • mobilizing — Present participle of mobilize.
  • monohybrid — the offspring of individuals that differ with respect to a particular gene pair.
  • monophobia — an abnormal fear of being alone.
  • mons pubis — a rounded prominence of fatty tissue over the pubic symphysis, covered with hair after puberty.
  • montbretia — a widely cultivated plant of the African iridaceous genus Crocosmia, a cross between C. aurea and C. pottsii, with ornamental orange or yellow flowers, grown mostly as pot plants
  • moon-blind — (of horses) afflicted with moon blindness; moon-eyed.
  • morbidness — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
  • moribundly — In a moribund way.
  • mozambican — a native or inhabitant of the territory or city of Mozambique.
  • muni bonds — Muni bonds are bonds issued by local municipal governments on which the interest is often tax-free.
  • muttonbird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • mycobionts — Plural form of mycobiont.
  • nimbleness — quick and light in movement; moving with ease; agile; active; rapid: nimble feet.
  • nomophobia — A fear of or disdain for laws.
  • numbfishes — Plural form of numbfish.
  • obamamania — the fervent enthusiasm demonstrated by some supporters of Senator Barack Obama during his campaign for the US Presidency in 2008
  • obligement — Obligation.
  • obtainment — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
  • ombrellino — the white silk canopy held over the Eucharist while transferring it from one place to another, especially from the main altar to a side altar.
  • omnibusses — (dated) Plural form of omnibus.
  • paint bomb — a device containing paint which explodes on impact
  • plumb line — a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. Compare plumb (def 1).
  • ramblingly — in a rambling manner
  • red mombin — purple mombin.
  • resembling — to be like or similar to.
  • rhumb line — a curve on the surface of a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle. It is the path taken by a vessel or aircraft that maintains a constant compass direction.
  • rumbullion — a drink of rum
  • scrambling — motocross, off-road biking
  • semi-bantu — a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
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