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11-letter words containing b, e, m

  • bomb damage — damage to buildings, etc caused by the explosion of a bomb
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
  • bone marrow — Bone marrow is the soft fatty substance inside human or animal bones.
  • bonne femme — prepared in simple style, as in a cream sauce containing mushrooms: fillet of sole bonne femme.
  • bontempelli — Massimo. 1878–1960, Italian dramatist, poet, novelist, and critic. His works include the play Nostra Dea (1925) and the novel The Faithful Lover (1953)
  • boojum tree — a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
  • boolean sum — Mathematics. symmetric difference.
  • boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
  • bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
  • bottom heat — heat artificially applied to a container in which plants are grown in order to induce their germination, rooting, or growth.
  • bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
  • bottom time — the total time, in minutes, from the beginning of a descent to the beginning of an ascent.
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • boumedienne — Houari (ˈhaʊərɪ). 1927–78, Algerian statesman and soldier: president of Algeria (1965–78) after overthrowing Ben Bella in a coup
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  • bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
  • brand image — The brand image of a particular brand of product is the image or impression that people have of it, usually created by advertising.
  • bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
  • breadcrumbs — (After the story "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm). 1.   (web)   Links displayed across the top of a web page listing the most recently visited pages so the reader can quickly jump back to one. Since this function is provided by the web browser, breadcrumbs are a waste of space. A better use of the space is to display links to the page's logical parent pages in the information hierarchy. 2.   (programming)   Information output by statements inserted into a program for debugging by printf.
  • breast beam — a horizontal bar, located at the front of a loom, over which the woven material is passed on its way to the cloth roll.
  • breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
  • breast milk — Breast milk is the white liquid produced by women to breast-feed their babies.
  • breast pump — a device for extracting and collecting milk from the breast during lactation
  • bremerhaven — a port in NW Germany: an outport for Bremen. Pop: 118 276 (2003 est)
  • bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
  • brimfulness — the quality of being completely full or full to the brim
  • brisingamen — the magic necklace worn by Freya.
  • broken home — a family in which one parent is absent, usually due to divorce or desertion: children from broken homes.
  • broomballer — a person who plays broomball
  • brush maker — a manufacturer or crafter of brushes
  • bss segment — Block Started by Symbol
  • buddy movie — a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
  • buffet meal — meal at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
  • bulimarexia — bulimia (sense 2)
  • bull market — A bull market is a situation on the stock market when people are buying a lot of shares because they expect that the shares will increase in value and that they will be able to make a profit by selling them again after a short time. Compare bear market.
  • bumbershoot — an umbrella
  • bumble-foot — an inflammatory condition of the feet of birds, usually caused by an infection
  • bumbleberry — a mixture of berries used in pie fillings and in preserves
  • bumblepuppy — a game of whist played carelessly or contrary to rules and conventions.
  • bump uglies — to have sexual intercourse
  • bumper crop — large harvest
  • bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper.
  • bumper pool — a pool game played on a small, often octagonally shaped table with two pockets, having strategically placed cushioned pegs on the playing surface, usually necessitating bank shots to sink balls.
  • bungee jump — a jump made by someone from a high bridge, building, etc, secured only by a rubber cord attached to the ankles
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • burmese cat — a breed of cat similar in shape to the Siamese but typically having a dark brown or blue-grey coat
  • burnishment — the act or process of burnishing
  • burnt umber — a brown pigment obtained by heating umber
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