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11-letter words containing a, d, m

  • bloody mary — A Bloody Mary is a drink made from vodka and tomato juice.
  • blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
  • bodhidharma — 6th century ad, Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism
  • body armour — Body armour is special protective clothing which people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
  • body combat — a type of fitness programme in which individuals perform non-contact martial arts moves to music
  • body warmer — a sleeveless type of jerkin, usually quilted, worn as an outer garment for extra warmth
  • bomb damage — damage to buildings, etc caused by the explosion of a bomb
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • bombay duck — a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried with curry dishes as a savoury
  • bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
  • bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
  • bottom lady — a pimp's most reliable prostitute.
  • bottom land — bottom (def 4).
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
  • brandy mint — peppermint.
  • bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
  • breadcrumbs — (After the story "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm). 1.   (web)   Links displayed across the top of a web page listing the most recently visited pages so the reader can quickly jump back to one. Since this function is provided by the web browser, breadcrumbs are a waste of space. A better use of the space is to display links to the page's logical parent pages in the information hierarchy. 2.   (programming)   Information output by statements inserted into a program for debugging by printf.
  • bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
  • bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3
  • broom board — baseboard (def 1).
  • bumpsadaisy — an exclamation said to a child who has fallen down
  • cable modem — (communications, hardware)   A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
  • cacodemonic — relating to cacodemons
  • caddis worm — the wormlike larva of the caddis fly that usually lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of twigs, grains of sand, etc. cemented together with silk that it secretes: commonly used as bait by anglers
  • cadmium red — a pigment used in painting, consisting of the sulfide and the selinide of cadmium, characterized by its strong red or reddish color, excellent film-forming properties, and slow drying rate.
  • calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
  • calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
  • camaraderie — Camaraderie is a feeling of trust and friendship among a group of people who have usually known each other for a long time or gone through some kind of experience together.
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • camouflaged — concealed or disguised
  • campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
  • camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
  • camphorweed — vinegarweed.
  • camphorwood — The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
  • canadianism — the Canadian national character or spirit
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • candleflame — Flame of a candle.
  • candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
  • caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
  • caramelized — Simple past tense and past participle of caramelize.
  • carbamidine — guanidine.
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
  • cardiomotor — relating to the action of the heart
  • cardiospasm — failure of the muscle fibers at the lower end of the esophagus to relax, resulting in swallowing difficulty and regurgitation.
  • case method — Also called case-study method [keys-stuhd-ee] /ˈkeɪsˈstʌd i/ (Show IPA). the teaching or elucidation of a subject or issue through analysis and discussion of actual cases, as in business education.
  • case*method — An analysis and design method from Oracle targeted at information management applications.
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