9-letter words containing n, u, m, b
- lumberman — a person who deals in lumber.
- lumbermen — Plural form of lumberman.
- lumberton — a city in S North Carolina.
- mandelbug — (jargon, programming) /man'del-buhg/ (From the Mandelbrot set) A bug whose underlying causes are so complex and obscure as to make its behaviour appear chaotic or even nondeterministic. This term implies that the speaker thinks it is a Bohr bug, rather than a heisenbug. See also schroedinbug.
- mandibula — (anatomy) mandible.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manubrium — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manurable — Able, or suitable, to be manured or cultivated on.
- marabunta — A large population of army ants on the move, eating anything in their wake.
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- minibuses — Plural form of minibus.
- minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
- mint bush — an aromatic shrub of the genus Prostanthera with a mintlike odour: family Lamiaceae (labiates): native to Australia
- misbutton — (transitive) To button wrongly.
- misnumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- montauban — a department in S France. 1440 sq. mi. (3730 sq. km). Capital: Montauban.
- moundbird — megapode.
- mountable — Able to be mounted.
- multiband — Having or employing multiple bands, especially frequency bands.
- multibank — of or involving more than one bank
- mumblings — Plural form of mumbling.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- mung bean — small green legume
- numbering — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numberous — Obsolete form of numerous.
- numbingly — causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying: the numbing effects of grief; a story repeated with numbing regularity.
- numbskull — a dull-witted or stupid person; dolt.
- numerable — capable of being counted, totaled, or numbered.
- nuremberg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1945–46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.
- obumbrant — overhanging; projecting over another part.
- ombudsman — a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- ombudsmen — Plural form of ombudsman.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- outnumber — to exceed in number.
- ovalbumin — the principal protein of egg white.
- ovimbundu — Mbundu (def 1).
- 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).
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- queen mab — Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.
- rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
- semiurban — of, relating to, or designating a city or town.
- smogbound — surrounded by smog.
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- 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
- submentum — the base of an insect's lip