12-letter words containing b, a, m, o
- bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
- bombe glacée — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
- book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder
- boomer state — Oklahoma
- boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
- bottom break — a branch coming from the bottom of a plant stem, usually formed by pinching and disbudding.
- bottom grass — any grass that grows on bottoms or lowlands.
- bottom quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 4.7 to 5.3 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
- box magazine — a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.
- boxgrove man — a type of primitive man, probably Homo heidelbergensis, and probably dating from the Middle Palaeolithic period some 500 000 years ago; remains were found at Boxgrove in West Sussex in 1993 and 1995
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- boyoma falls — a series of seven cataracts in the NE Democratic Republic of Congo, on the upper River Congo: forms an unnavigable stretch of 90 km (56 miles), which falls 60 m (200 ft)
- brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- broad jumper — a participant in the long jump.
- broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
- bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- bromomethane — methyl bromide.
- bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
- bronze medal — A bronze medal is a medal made of bronze or bronze-coloured metal that is given as a prize to the person who comes third in a competition, especially a sports contest.
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burial mound — a barrow
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- cabbage moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camphor ball — mothball
- chamber tomb — a prehistoric tomb with a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- cinnamon bun — a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.
- circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
- clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
- close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
- cobalt bloom — erythrite (def 1)
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- combat knife — a large knife for military use
- combat pants — trousers: military style
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- comber board — (in weaving) a wooden frame pierced with a series of small holes through which the harness cords are threaded, used to regulate the cords and determine the texture and width of a repeat in a fabric.
- combinations — a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legs
- come back to — If you come back to a topic or point, you talk about it again later.
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- commemorable — worthy of being commemorated
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- common zebra — Equus burchelli, the most common type of zebra