12-letter words containing o, b, t
- mount robson — a mountain in SW Canada, in E British Columbia: the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. Height: 3954 m (12 972 ft)
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
- multibillion — Denoting something costing or valued at several billions of a currency.
- multilobular — having several or many lobules.
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- musterbation — Alt form musturbation.
- musturbation — (psychology) The compulsive insistence that things ought to be a particular way.
- muttonbirder — a person who hunts muttonbirds
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
- natural-born — native-born.
- nebulization — to reduce to fine spray; atomize.
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- neotribalism — Ideology that humans have evolved to live in a tribal, as opposed to a modern society.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- neutron bomb — a nuclear bomb designed to release radiation consisting mainly of neutrons, thus causing extensive loss of life but relatively little damage to buildings and property and only brief radioactive contamination.
- new brighton — a town in E Minnesota.
- newtownabbey — a town in Northern Ireland, in Newtownabbey district, Co Antrim on Belfast Lough: the third largest town in Northern Ireland, formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of seven villages; light industrial centre, esp for textiles. Pop: 62 056 (2001)
- nihil obstat — permission to publish a book, granted by an official censor who, upon examining it, has certified that it contains nothing contrary to faith or morals.
- nimbostratus — a cloud of a class characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray; a rain cloud of the layer type, of low altitude, usually below 8000 feet (2440 meters).
- nitrobenzene — a pale yellow, toxic, water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 5 NO 2 , produced by nitrating benzene with nitric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of aniline.
- nobilitation — the act of ennobling
- noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- non obstante — notwithstanding.
- non-celibate — a person who abstains from sexual relations.
- non-dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- non-imitable — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- non-obsolete — no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
- non-tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- nonabsorbent — Not absorbent; unable to absorb.
- nonadiabatic — (of a physical reaction) not adiabatic or not occurring without heat loss or gain
- nonarbitrary — decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
- nonbacterial — Not bacterial.
- nonbiologist — a person who is not a biologist
- nonbreathing — not breathing
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- noncarbonate — That which is not a carbonate.
- noncelebrity — a person who is not a celebrity
- noncombatant — a person connected with a military force in some capacity other than that of a fighter, as a surgeon or chaplain.
- noncombative — Not combative.
- nonheritable — Not heritable.
- nonincumbent — a candidate or party in an election that does not already hold the position
- nonliability — Absence of legal liability.
- nonobjective — not objective.