12-letter words containing b, e, m, o
- bedroom eyes — sexy eyes
- beehive tomb — a type of subterranean tomb of the Mycenaean civilization consisting of a domed chamber entered by a passage through a hillside.
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- bell bottoms — Also, bell-bottomed. (of trousers) wide and flaring at the bottoms of the legs.
- bell-bottoms — Bell-bottoms are trousers that are very wide at the bottom of the leg, near your feet.
- besom pocket — an interior pocket with edging or stitching around the opening.
- bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
- biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
- biotelemetry — the monitoring of biological functions in humans or animals by means of a miniature transmitter that sends data to a distant point to be read by electronic instruments
- bioterrorism — Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.
- birth mother — the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child
- bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
- bitter melon — balsam pear.
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
- bladder worm — an encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm. The main types are cysticercus, hydatid, and coenurus
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
- blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
- blood volume — the total quantity of blood in the body
- bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
- blue melilot — a European plant, Trigonella caerulea, of the legume family, having long-stalked clusters of blue and white flowers.
- board member — a member of board of directors
- boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
- bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
- boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
- bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
- bomb shelter — a shelter, usually underground, in which people take refuge from bomb attacks
- bombacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bombacaceae, a family of tropical trees, including the kapok tree and baobab, that have very thick stems, often with water-storing tissue
- bombe glacée — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
- bomber pilot — the pilot of a bomber
- bonus number — (in the National Lottery) a number announced after the normal six numbers which influences the amount of prize money paid
- bonus scheme — a scheme in a company or other organization according to which employees receive a bonus if they meet specified targets
- booch method — (programming) A widely used object-oriented analysis and object-oriented design method.
- 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.
- booster pump — A booster pump is a pump which is used where pressure is low and needs to be increased.
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- bottom break — a branch coming from the bottom of a plant stem, usually formed by pinching and disbudding.
- bottom house — the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars
- bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
- bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.