13-letter words containing o, b, s, l
- liberationism — the principles of liberationists
- liberationist — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
- lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
- locked bowels — constipation.
- lonsdale belt — (in Britain) a belt conferred as a trophy on professional boxing champions, in various weight categories: if a champion wins it three times it becomes his personal property
- losing battle — attempt doomed to failure
- lubber's hole — (in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- malabar coast — a region along the entire SW coast of India, extending from the Arabian Sea inland to the Western Ghats.
- malabsorbtion — Misspelling of malabsorption.
- malabsorption — faulty absorption of nutritive material from the intestine.
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- memorabiliast — a person who collects mementos or souvenirs, as postcards or playbills.
- memorableness — Memorability.
- mescal button — one of the dried, buttonlike tops of a mescal of the genus Lophophora, used as a hallucinogen, especially by certain Indians of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. during religious ceremonies; peyote.
- microbalances — Plural form of microbalance.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- mixed doubles — (in tennis) a doubles match with a man and a woman on each side.
- mobile studio — a van, truck, etc equipped as a recording, broadcasting etc studio
- mobilizations — Plural form of mobilization.
- monosyllabics — Plural form of monosyllabic.
- monosyllabism — monosyllabic character.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- morbillivirus — a genus of viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae causing infectious diseases such as measles, distemper, or rinderpest
- mortise block — a block having a shell cut from a single piece of wood.
- mosbolletjies — Plural form of mosbolletjie.
- motorbicycles — Plural form of motorbicycle.
- movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
- myelofibrosis — the replacement of bone marrow by fibrous tissue, characteristic of leukemia and certain other diseases.
- myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
- nansen bottle — a waterproof container for taking samples of ocean water, several usually being lowered open on a line and each being closed at the desired depth by the action of a falling weight.
- needle biopsy — the removal of a small amount of tissue or cellular material with a long hollow surgical needle, performed for diagnostic purposes.
- neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
- neoliberalist — A supporter of neoliberalism.
- neuroblastoma — a malignant tumor of immature nerve cells that usually starts in the autonomic nervous system or adrenal gland and spreads quickly, most often affecting young children.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- nobody's fool — person: intelligent
- non-opposable — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- non-spillable — to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- nonabsorbable — That is not able to be absorbed; not absorbable.
- nonassessable — (of stock) exempting the investor from any expense or liability beyond the amount of his or her investment.
- nonconsumable — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- nondiffusible — not diffusible
- nondigestible — Not digestible.
- nondisposable — Not disposable.
- nonmeasurable — capable of being measured.