11-letter words containing b, a, m
- enjambments — Plural form of enjambment.
- entablement — A platform supporting a statue, above the dado and base.
- eubacterium — A bacterium of a large group typically having simple cells with rigid cell walls and often flagella for movement. The group comprises the “ true ” bacteria and cyanobacteria, as distinct from archaebacteria.
- fallibilism — the philosophical doctrine that knowledge is hypothetical rather than certain
- farm bureau — American Farm Bureau Federation.
- fermentable — Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- fimbriating — Present participle of fimbriate.
- fimbriation — fimbriate or fringed condition.
- fimbrillate — bordered by or having a small or fine fringe.
- flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyancy — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flamboyante — an alternative name for the flame tree, Poinciana regia
- flamboyants — Plural form of flamboyant.
- flitch beam — a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel.
- foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- foam-backed — having a backing made of foam rubber
- formability — the capacity of a material, as sheet steel, to be readily bent, stamped, shaped, etc.
- framebuffer — (computing) A video output device that drives a display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of graphical data.
- from a to b — People talk about getting from A to B when they are referring generally to journeys they need to make, without saying where the journeys will take them.
- from abroad — from a foreign land or lands
- ftp by mail — A service offered by DEC to allow people without Internet access to get copies of files which are available by anonymous FTP. Send a message with just the word "help" in the body to <[email protected]>.
- funambulate — to walk on a tightrope
- funambulism — The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
- funambulist — a tightrope walker.
- gamble away — lose through gambling
- gamebreaker — a person who makes a significant contribution to a team's sporting success
- garbage man — refuse collector
- garment bag — a travel bag made of pliable, durable material with a handle and a zipper closure, designed to hang straight or fold double and used to carry suits, dresses, coats, or the like without crushing or wrinkling.
- gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- giambologna — Giovanni da [jee-uh-vah-nee duh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni də;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Jean de Boulogne; Giambologna) c1525–1608, Italian sculptor, born in France.
- gimbal-ring — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- gob-smacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- gombeen-man — a usurer or moneylender.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- gossypiboma — (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body during surgery.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- gymnophobia — An inordinate fear or hatred of being naked, and possibly nudity or nudists and naturists.
- habiliments — Plural form of habiliment.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- haemophobia — Alternative spelling of hemophobia.
- hamate bone — a wedgelike bone on the side of the wrist connecting the wrist with the fourth and fifth metacarpals, which connect to the ring and little fingers
- hamba kahle — goodbye, farewell (esp to the dead)
- hammer beam — a short wooden beam projecting from an interior wall to support or tie together rafters or arched roof braces.
- hammer blow — a blow from a hammer
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- hematoblast — an immature blood cell, especially a red blood cell.