12-letter words containing n, u, m, b
- disbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- disencumbers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disencumber.
- documentable — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dumbfounding — Present participle of dumbfound.
- dumbing down — the act or process of making something less intellectually demanding; a pejorative use
- encumberment — the act of being encumbered
- encumbrancer — Alternative form of incumbrancer.
- encumbrances — Plural form of encumbrance.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- house number — the unique number given to each building on a street which forms part of that building's address
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immunoglobin — (immunology, protein) Any protein that functions as an antibody.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- incumbencies — Plural form of incumbency.
- incumbent on — holding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently: the incumbent officers of the club.
- incumbrancer — (legal) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- index number — a quantity whose variation over a period of time measures the change in some phenomenon.
- infundibulum — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- insubmission — Lack of submission; disobedience.
- insubmissive — Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient.
- julian bream — Julian (Alexander) born 1933, English guitarist and lutenist.
- jumping bean — the seed of any of certain Mexican plants of the genera Sebastiania and Sapium, of the spurge family: the movements of a moth larva inside the seed cause it to move about or jump.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lemon butter — a spread made of butter flavored with lemon
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- mailing tube — an elongated cylinder of cardboard, used for mailing rolled-up papers, magazines, etc.
- mandibulated — Provided with mandibles adapted for biting; mandibulate.
- maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- massaranduba — any of various evergreen trees of the genus Manilkara of the family Sapotaceae that are native to the tropics
- masturbating — Present participle of masturbate.
- masturbation — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- meker burner — a gas burner similar to the Bunsen burner but producing a hotter flame by virtue of having at its mouth a metal screen to allow a more intimate mixture of air and gas.
- mind-numbing — If you describe an event or experience as mind-numbing, you mean that it is so bad, boring, or great in extent that you are unable to think about it clearly.
- mixed number — a number consisting of a whole number and a fraction or decimal, as 4½ or 4.5.