10-letter words containing b, e, m
- beach-berm — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- beadswoman — a female inhabitant of a beadhouse
- beam brick — a face brick for bonding to a concrete lintel poured in place, having a section like a right triangle.
- beam reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- beam trawl — a trawl net whose lateral spread during trawling is maintained by a beam across its mouth.
- beamformer — The device used to accomplish beamforming.
- beard moss — any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically hanging from tree branches, and growing in a wide range of habitats from tropical zones to the Arctic.
- beard worm — pogonophoran.
- beau monde — the world of fashion and society
- beaver dam — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- become due — to become payable as previously arranged
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- bedeswoman — beadswoman
- bedwarmers — Plural form of bedwarmer.
- bee martin — kingbird.
- beech mast — the edible nuts of the beech, especially when lying on the ground.
- beefmaster — one of a breed of fast-growing beef cattle of the western U.S., tolerant of humidity, heat, and insects, developed by crossbreeding Brahman, Hereford, and Shorthorn stock.
- beetmaster — a help in need
- beetmister — a help in need
- beforetime — formerly
- bell metal — an alloy of copper and tin, with some zinc and lead, used in casting bells
- bellarmine — Saint Robert. 1542–1621, Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal; an important influence during the Counter-Reformation
- bellingham — seaport in NW Wash., at the N end of Puget Sound: pop. 67,000
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- bemedalled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
- bemusement — Bemusement is the feeling that you have when you are puzzled or confused by something.
- ben lomond — a mountain in W central Scotland, on the E side of Loch Lomond. Height: 973 m (3192 ft)
- bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
- bench-made — (of articles made of leather, wood, etc.) individually produced and finished, as on a carpenter's bench; custom-made.
- benthamism — the philosophy of utilitarianism as first expounded by Jeremy Bentham in terms of an action being good that has a greater tendency to augment the happiness of the community than to diminish it
- benumbment — the act of benumbing
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- bergamasko — an inhabitant of Bergamo
- bergsonism — the philosophy of Henri Bergson, which emphasizes duration as the basic element of experience and asserts the existence of a life-giving force that permeates the entire natural order
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bestialism — the state of beasts
- bestowment — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- betel palm — a tropical Asian feather palm, Areca catechu, with scarlet or orange fruits
- bettelheim — Bruno, 1903–90, U.S. psychologist, educator, and writer, born in Austria.
- betterment — The betterment of something is the act or process of improving its standard or status.
- bettermost — best
- betty lamp — an Early American lamp, consisting of a shallow, covered basin filled with oil, tallow, etc., providing fuel for a wick housed in a teapotlike spout, and often hung by a hook or suspended from a chain.
- bichromate — dichromate
- bigmouthed — having a very large mouth.
- bilge pump — a pump for removing water from a bilge.
- bimaculate — marked with two spots.
- bimaternal — having the genetic material of two mothers but no father
- bimble box — type of dense Australian tree
- bimestrial — lasting for two months