14-letter words containing o, b, n
- lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
- lumbersomeness — the state of being lumbersome
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- malleable iron — malleable cast iron.
- man about town — a socially active, sophisticated man who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.; playboy; boulevardier.
- man-about-town — a socially active, sophisticated man who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.; playboy; boulevardier.
- mandelbrot set — (mathematics, graphics) (After its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot) The set of all complex numbers c such that | z[N] | < 2 for arbitrarily large values of N, where z[0] = 0 z[n+1] = z[n]^2 + c The Mandelbrot set is usually displayed as an Argand diagram, giving each point a colour which depends on the largest N for which | z[N] | < 2, up to some maximum N which is used for the points in the set (for which N is infinite). These points are traditionally coloured black. The Mandelbrot set is the best known example of a fractal - it includes smaller versions of itself which can be explored to arbitrary levels of detail.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
- manitoba maple — a Canadian fast-growing variety of maple
- marine biology — science of sea life
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- melton mowbray — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: pork pies and Stilton cheese. Pop: 25 554 (2001)
- membranophones — Plural form of membranophone.
- methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- methoxybenzene — anisole.
- mexican bamboo — a hardy plant, Polygonum cuspidatum, of the buckwheat family, native to Japan, having small, greenish-white flowers and tending to escape from cultivation.
- mills-and-boon — of or relating to novels by the British publisher Mills and Boon, esp in being romantic or sexual in nature
- mindbogglingly — In a mindboggling manner; in such a way as to boggle the mind; so as to be beyond comprehension or understanding.
- misattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- mobile canteen — a truck or lorry with kitchen facilities that can be used on site, such as on a film set, construction site, as a soup kitchen, etc
- mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
- money-grubbing — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
- month by month — each month
- moon blindness — a disease of horses in which the eyes suffer from recurring attacks of inflammation, eventually resulting in opacity and blindness.
- morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
- moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
- mound builders — a member of any of the early American Indian peoples who built the burial mounds, fortifications, and other earthworks found in the Midwest and the Southwest
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
- muni bond fund — municipal bond fund.
- municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- napalm bombing — the act of attacking with napalm bombs
- napier's bones — a form of multiplication table originally marked on sticks of bone or ivory that could be rearranged to carry out the operations of multiplication or division.
- navigation bar — (web) (Always abbreviated "nav bar") On a website, a prominently displayed set of links to important sections of the site.
- neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- network number — network address
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neuroblastomas — Plural form of neuroblastoma.
- neurofibromata — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- neutron number — the number of neutrons in the nucleus of an atom, equal to the mass number minus the atomic number of the atom. Symbol: N.
- news broadcast — TV, radio: current affairs item
- nexpert object — An expert system.