9-letter words containing a, b, r, m
- bar clamp — a clamp having two jaws attached to a bar, one fixed and the other adjustable by means of a screw mechanism.
- bar gemel — a charge consisting of two barrulets separated by an area the width of a barrulet.
- barathrum — any deep abyss
- barbarism — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- barm cake — a round flat soft bread roll
- barmaster — (historical) A local judge among miners.
- barmbrack — a loaf of bread with currants in it
- barmecide — lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
- barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- bass drum — a large shallow drum of low and indefinite pitch
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- bear arms — A person's right to bear arms is their right to own and use guns, as a means of defence.
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- bedwarmer — a metal pan containing hot coals, formerly used to warm a bed
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- 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.
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- besmeared — to smear all over; bedaub.
- besmearer — someone who besmears
- bicameral — (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers
- 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.
- bipyramid — a geometrical form consisting of two pyramids with a common polygonal base
- bird farm — an aircraft carrier.
- birlieman — a judge dealing with local law
- birthmark — A birthmark is a mark on someone's skin that has been there since they were born.
- birthname — a name given at birth
- bitstream — a sequence of digital data transmitted electronically
- black arm — a type or phase of bacterial blight of cotton, characterized by black, elongated lesions on the stem and branches, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas malvacearum.
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- boardroom — The boardroom is a room where the board of a company meets.
- bohr atom — See under Bohr theory.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bomb rack — a device for carrying bombs in or under the fuselage of an aircraft.
- bombarded — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombarder — a person or thing which bombards
- bombardon — a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads