10-letter words containing a, b, m
- small beer — weak beer.
- small-bore — of, noting, or relating to a .22-caliber firearm.
- smart bomb — a steerable air-to-surface bomb that is guided to its target by television or a laser beam.
- smokeboard — a board situated above a fireplace to prevent the emission of smoke into a room
- somnambule — a person who sleepwalks
- spasm band — an old-time jazz band, flourishing especially in the late 19th century, the members of which used improvised instruments, as cigar boxes, barrels, kazoos, whistles, and jugs, and often marched in the street while performing.
- sperm bank — a repository for storing sperm and keeping it viable under scientifically controlled conditions prior to its use in artificial insemination.
- stablemate — a horse sharing a stable with another.
- steam bath — a bath of steam, usually in a specially equipped room or enclosure, for cleansing or refreshing oneself.
- steam beer — a naturally carbonated, malt-flavored beer brewed especially in the western U.S.
- stibialism — antimony poisoning
- stimulable — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- storm boat — assault boat.
- strabismic — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- strabismus — a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
- strabotomy — the operation of cutting one or more of the muscles of the eye to correct strabismus.
- subatomics — the study of subatomic particles
- subcompact — an automobile that is smaller than a compact.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- subintimal — the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- sublimable — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- subliminal — existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual: a subliminal stimulus; subliminal advertising.
- submammary — of or relating to the mamma or breast.
- submanager — a secondary or assistant manager
- submariner — a member of the crew of a submarine.
- submarines — a vessel that can be submerged and navigated under water, usually built for warfare and armed with torpedoes or guided missiles.
- submaxilla — mandible.
- submaximal — of or being a maximum; greatest possible; highest.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- subminimal — constituting a minimum: a minimal mode of transportation.
- submontane — under or beneath a mountain or mountains.
- submucosal — of or relating to the submucosa
- suboptimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- substratum — something that is spread or laid under something else; a stratum or layer lying under another.
- subsumable — to consider or include (an idea, term, proposition, etc.) as part of a more comprehensive one.
- surmisable — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
- svetambara — one of the two principal Jain sects, whose members wear white and believe that women can attain salvation.
- swamp boat — Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- sybaritism — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- symbolical — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
- szymborska — Wislawa [vis-lah-vah] /vɪsˈlɑ vɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2012, Polish poet: Nobel prize 1996.
- table lamp — small free-standing lamp
- tablemount — guyot
- tambourine — a small drum consisting of a circular frame with a skin stretched over it and several pairs of metal jingles attached to the frame, played by striking with the knuckles, shaking, and the like.
- tamburitza — one of a family of mandolinlike stringed instruments of southern Slavic regions.
- tannenbaum — a Christmas tree.
- temperable — a particular state of mind or feelings.
- temple bar — a former London gateway before the Temple buildings: the heads of executed traitors and criminals were exhibited on it