10-letter words containing a, b, i, m
- amphibrach — a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡)
- anabaptism — a member of any of various Protestant sects, formed in Europe after 1520, that denied the validity of infant baptism, baptized believers only, and advocated social and economic reforms as well as the complete separation of church and state.
- anaerobium — anaerobe
- arboriform — Resembling a tree in shape or appearance.
- arbutamine — Lb pharmaceutical drug A cardiac stimulant drug.
- arcimboldi — Giuseppe [juh-sep-ee;; Italian joo-zep-pe] /dʒəˈsɛp i;; Italian dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1527–93, Italian painter.
- arcimboldo — Giuseppe. 1527–93, Italian painter, best remembered for painting grotesque figures composed of fruit, vegetables, and meat
- assemblies — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- assembling — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- automobile — An automobile is a car.
- bacillemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood.
- bacteremia — the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream
- bacteremic — Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia.
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- bain-marie — a vessel for holding hot water, in which sauces and other dishes are gently cooked or kept warm
- balsam fir — a fir tree, Abies balsamea, of NE North America, that yields Canada balsam
- balsamical — Alternative form of balsamic.
- banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
- bantingism — a fat-reducing diet invented by William Banting, involving high protein intake, and low fat and carbohydrate intake
- baphometic — relating to the worship of the idol Baphomet, whom the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping during the Crusades
- barbarisms — Plural form of barbarism.
- barium 140 — the radioactive isotope of barium having a mass number of 140 and a half-life of 12.8 days, used chiefly as a tracer.
- barmecidal — giving only the illusion of plenty; illusory: a Barmecidal banquet.
- barometric — Barometric pressure is the atmospheric pressure that is shown by a barometer.
- barramundi — any of several large edible Australian fishes esp the percoid species Lates calcarifer (family Centropomidae) of NE coastal waters or the freshwater species Scleropages leichardti (family Osteoglossidae) of Queensland
- basmitzvah — in the Jewish religion, a girl attaining the age (usuALLU 12) of religious responsibility
- bastardism — the condition of being illegitimate
- baumeister — Willi [vil-ee] /ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), 1889–1955, German painter.
- beam brick — a face brick for bonding to a concrete lintel poured in place, having a section like a right triangle.
- bee martin — kingbird.
- bellarmine — Saint Robert. 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- bestialism — the state of beasts
- bichromate — dichromate
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- bimaternal — having the genetic material of two mothers but no father
- bimestrial — lasting for two months
- bimetallic — consisting of two metals
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- binghamton — city in SC N.Y., on the Susquehanna River: pop. 47,000
- biodynamic — the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms (opposed to biostatics).
- biomagnify — to undergo biological magnification.
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- birmingham — an industrial city in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, in the West Midlands: the second largest city in Great Britain; two cathedrals; three universities (1900, 1966, 1992). Pop: 970 892 (2001)
- birth name — the surname given a person at birth.
- bit stream — a simple contiguous sequence of binary digits transmitted continuously over a communications path; a sequence of data in binary form.
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking