9-letter words containing b, a, m, i
- laminable — capable of being laminated.
- lima bean — a bean, Phaseolus limensis, having a broad, flat, edible seed.
- limitable — Able to be limited.
- lombardia — a region of N central Italy, bordering on the Alps: dominated by prosperous lordships and city-states during the Middle Ages; later ruled by Spain and then by Austria before becoming part of Italy in 1859; intensively cultivated and in parts highly industrialized. Pop: 9 108 645 (2003 est). Area: 23 804 sq km (9284 sq miles)
- lombardic — a native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
- lumbrical — any of four wormlike muscles in the palm of the hand and in the sole of the foot.
- m-banking — the practice of making financial transactions or managing bank accounts using mobile phone technology
- macbinary — (file format) An eight-bit wide representation of the data and resource forks of an Macintosh file and of relevant Finder information. MacBinary files are recognised as "special" by several MacIntosh terminal emulators. These emulators, using Kermit or XMODEM or any other file transfer protocol, can separate the incoming file into forks and appropriately modify the Desktop to display icons, types, creation dates, and the like.
- macrobian — Having an exceptionally long life span.
- mail bomb — letter bomb.
- mail-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
- mailboxes — Plural form of mailbox.
- main beam — a long thick bar of wood, metal, or concrete used in the construction of houses which transmits its load directly to a wall or column, as opposed to another beam
- main body — the hull, as distinguished from the rest of a ship.
- main verb — a word used as the final verb in a verb phrase, expressing the lexical meaning of the verb phrase, as drink in I don't drink, going in I am going, or spoken in We have spoken.
- mainboard — (computing) motherboard.
- mainbrace — a brace leading to a main yard.
- make bail — If someone who has been arrested makes bail, or if another person makes bail for them, the arrested person is released on bail.
- mandibles — Plural form of mandible.
- mandibula — (anatomy) mandible.
- manitoban — a province in central Canada. 246,512 sq. mi. (638,466 sq. km). Abbreviation: Man. Capital: Winnipeg.
- manubrial — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- manubrium — Anatomy, Zoology. a segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- maracaibo — a seaport in NW Venezuela.
- marbleize — marble.
- marienbad — a spa and resort town in the Czech Republic.
- marimbist — A player of the marimba.
- marrubium — Any of the genus Marrubium of bitter aromatic plants; hoarhound.
- mbujimayi — a city in the S central Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- medicable — responsive to medical treatment; curable.
- meibomian — Alternative form of Meibomian.
- memsahibs — Plural form of memsahib.
- meritable — Deserving of reward.
- metabasis — (rhetoric) A change from one subject to another.
- metabatic — Relating to metabasis.
- metabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- microbars — Plural form of microbar.
- microbeam — (physics) A beam having a small cross section.
- microbial — a microorganism, especially a pathogenic bacterium.
- microbian — (biology) Of, relating to, or caused by, microbes; microbial.
- midbrains — Plural form of midbrain.
- milk bank — a place for collection and storage of human milk for dispensing to those who require it, as for infants who are allergic to cows' milk and whose mothers' milk is unavailable.
- millboard — a strong, thick pasteboard used to make book covers.
- millibarn — one thousandth of a barn. Abbreviation: mb.
- millibars — Plural form of millibar.
- minibeast — (informal) An insect / bug etc.
- minibraai — (South Africa, rare, nonce) A small (miniature) barbecue; A barbecue for two people.
- minibreak — A brief pause for relaxation.
- mirabelle — a dry, white plum brandy from Alsace.