9-letter words containing o, b, n
- macrobian — Having an exceptionally long life span.
- main body — the hull, as distinguished from the rest of a ship.
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- manitoban — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- mason bee — any of numerous solitary bees, as of the family Megachilidae, that construct nests of clay.
- meibomian — Alternative form of Meibomian.
- melbourne — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- merbromin — an iridescent green, water-soluble powder, C 2 0 H 8 Br 2 HgNa 2 O 6 , that forms a red solution when dissolved in water: used as an antiseptic and as a germicide.
- microbian — (biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial.
- mind-body — taking into account the physiological, psychic, and spiritual connections between the state of the body and that of the mind: mind-body medicine.
- mindblown — Having a blown mind.
- mini-boom — a brief period of strong economic growth
- misbutton — (transitive) To button wrongly.
- money box — a cashbox.
- money-bag — a bag for money.
- moneybags — a bag for money.
- monobasic — Chemistry. (of an acid) containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- monoblast — A cell, normally found in bone marrow, that matures into a monocyte.
- monoblock — Alternative spelling of monobloc.
- monoboard — Synonym of monoski.
- monocable — an aerial ropeway having a single moving cable.
- montauban — a department in S France. 1440 sq. mi. (3730 sq. km). Capital: Montauban.
- moonbeams — Plural form of moonbeam.
- moonblind — (obsolete) Dim-sighted; purblind.
- moonblink — Nyctalopia.
- moonboots — thickly padded boots having an fabric outer covering
- moonprobe — an information-gathering spacecraft designed to pass close by or land on the lunar surface.
- moth bean — a low, trailing Indian plant, Vigna aconitifolia, of the legume family, having yellow flowers grown for forage and edible, mottled grayish-yellow seeds.
- moundbird — megapode.
- mountable — Able to be mounted.
- mr. bones — the end man in a minstrel troupe who plays the bones.
- mycobiont — the fungal component of a lichen.
- myoglobin — hemoglobin of muscle, weighing less and carrying more oxygen and less carbon monoxide than blood hemoglobin.
- myrobalan — the dried plumlike fruit of certain tropical trees of the genus Phyllanthus, used in dyeing, tanning, and making ink.
- myrobolan — Alternative form of myrobalan.
- nabonidus — died 539? b.c, last king of Babylonia 556–539 (father of Belshazzar).
- nabothian — Alternative form of Nabothian.
- nail bomb — an explosive device packed with nails or similar metal objects that act as shrapnel.
- nameboard — a signboard that identifies a place or object.
- nanotubes — Plural form of nanotube.
- nebulosus — (of a cloud) having indistinct details.
- neighbors — Plural form of neighbor.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- netbollix — ["bollix": to bungle] IBM's NetBIOS, an extremely brain-damaged network protocol that, like Blue Glue, is used at commercial shops that don't know any better.
- new blood — If people talk about bringing new blood into an organization or sports team, they are referring to new people who are likely to improve the organization or team.
- new broom — Someone who has just started a new job and who is expected to make a lot of changes can be referred to as a new broom.
- newsboard — bulletin board.
- nightrobe — A robe to be worn at night; a nightgown.