9-letter words containing a, b, e, m
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bear arms — A person's right to bear arms is their right to own and use guns, as a means of defence.
- beat time — If you beat time to a piece of music, you move your hand or foot up and down in time with the music. A conductor beats time to show the choir or orchestra how fast they should sing or play the music.
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- bedwarmer — a metal pan containing hot coals, formerly used to warm a bed
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bemedaled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
- bemelmans — Ludwig [luhd-wig,, loo d-] /ˈlʌd wɪg,, ˈlʊd-/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, U.S. humorous satirist and painter; born in Austria: author and illustrator of children's books.
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- benjamins — hundred-dollar bills
- benzamine — eucaine.
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- besmeared — to smear all over; bedaub.
- besmearer — someone who besmears
- betamaxed — (jargon) When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition. E.g. "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market". The Betamex videotape standard lost to VHS.
- bicameral — (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers
- big media — the mainstream media, as television and newspapers: blogs that compete with big media.
- bigeminal — happening in pairs
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- biomarker — a distinct biochemical, genetic, or molecular characteristic or substance that is an indicator of a particular biological condition or process: a blood test to measure protein biomarkers for cancer.
- biomasses — Ecology. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
- birlieman — a judge dealing with local law
- birthname — a name given at birth
- bitmapped — composed of or formed by a pattern of pixels to make a bitmap
- bitstream — a sequence of digital data transmitted electronically
- blackgame — a large grouse found in northern Europe and Asia
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- blameable — deserving blame; censurable.
- blameless — Someone who is blameless has not done anything wrong.
- blaspheme — If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God or religion, or they use God's name as a swear word.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- blastemal — of or relating to blastema
- blastment — shrivelling up due to something in the air
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- blue mass — Also called mercury mass. a preparation of metallic mercury and other ingredients, used for making blue pills.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bombarded — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombarder — a person or thing which bombards
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.