9-letter words containing a, m, b, i
- embracive — (archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
- estimable — Worthy of great respect.
- estimably — In an estimable manner; deserving of esteem.
- excambion — an exchange, esp of land
- fabianism — the theories of economic and social reform advocated by the Fabian Society.
- farm-bike — a motorcycle built for off-road travel
- fimbriate — Also, fimbriated. Botany, Zoology. having a border of hairs or filiform processes.
- frambesia — yaws.
- framboise — raspberry.
- gamboling — (US) present participle of gambol.
- gambrinus — a mythical Flemish king, the reputed inventor of beer.
- game bird — any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws.
- globalism — the attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.
- hammurabi — 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- high beam — an automobile headlight beam providing bright, long-range illumination of a darkened road and chiefly for use in driving in nonurban areas.
- hobohemia — A community of hoboes.
- hybridoma — a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
- ibm 370xa — (computer, IBM) An IBM mainframe computer introduced in 1983. Successor to the System/370, this machine had an enhanced address space.
- ibm pc at — (computer) ("Advanced Technology") A version of the IBM PC, released in Aug 1984 with an Intel 80286 processor, a 16-bit bus, a medium-speed hard disk and a 1.2 megabyte floppy disk drive. It had a larger case than the PC, which allowed it to accept "tall cards". The AT keyboard corrected the PC's non-standard placement of the return and left shift keys but shortened the backspace key, making it harder to reach.
- imageable — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- imambarah — a building, rooms, etc., used by Shiʿites for ceremonies, especially during the first 10 days of Muharram.
- imbalance — the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
- imbracery — embracery.
- imbrangle — embrangle.
- imbricate — overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
- immovable — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- immovably — incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- immutable — not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
- immutably — In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- inhambane — a seaport in SE Mozambique.
- inumbrate — (obsolete) To shade; to darken.
- islamabad — Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947–71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). 310,403 sq. mi. (803,881 sq. km). Capital: Islamabad.
- istambuli — a native or inhabitant of Istanbul.
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- kabbalism — The study of the Kabbalah.
- labialism — a tendency, sometimes habitual, to make sounds labial, as in pronouncing the l in love as a w- like sound.
- labourism — Support for the labour movement, the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign for better working conditions and treatment.
- lambative — (archaic) Taken by licking with the tongue.
- lambitive — a medicine that is taken by licking it with the tongue
- lambskins — Plural form of lambskin.
- lamebrain — a dunce; booby; fool.