9-letter words containing b, e, m
- obamacare — a federal law providing for a fundamental reform of the U.S. healthcare and health insurance system, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010: formally called Affordable Care Act or Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- obidoxime — An oxime used to treat nerve gas poisoning.
- obumbrate — to darken, overshadow, or cloud.
- ombudsmen — Plural form of ombudsman.
- omissible — capable of being or allowed to be omitted.
- omnibuses — Plural form of omnibus.
- outfumble — to exceed in fumbling
- outgamble — to defeat at gambling
- outnumber — to exceed in number.
- palembang — a city in SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- pebbleman — DoD requirements that led to APSE. They were written in Jul 1978 and revised Jan 1979.
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- permabear — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will fall
- permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
- permeable — capable of being permeated.
- pipe bomb — a small homemade bomb typically contained in a metal pipe.
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumbless — incapable of being sounded
- plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- premorbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- prime rib — beef: meat from ribs
- proembryo — any of the stages prior to embryo formation in plants
- queen mab — Irish and English Folklore. a mischievous, tantalizing fairy who governs and produces people's dreams.
- quickbeam — a rowan tree
- rabatment — the act of rotating a plane to align it with another
- ramble on — to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner: They rambled through the shops until closing time.
- raw umber — an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- re-embark — to (cause to) board a ship or aircraft again
- re-embody — to embody again
- reblossom — (of a plant or flower) to blossom again
- rebutment — the act of rebutting something or the state of being rebutted; rebuttal
- recombine — to bring into or join in a close union or whole; unite: She combined the ingredients to make the cake. They combined the two companies.
- recumbent — lying down; reclining; leaning.
- reimburse — to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred: The insurance company reimbursed him for his losses in the fire.
- rembrandt — (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn or van Ryn) 1606–69, Dutch painter.
- removable — that may be removed.
- resembled — to be like or similar to.
- resembles — to be like or similar to.
- rocambole — a European plant, Allium scorodoprasum, of the amaryllis family, used like garlic.
- rood beam — a beam above the entrance to the choir or chancel of a church, supporting the rood.
- rose comb — a low comb with rounded points and a rear-extending spike of some breeds of chickens, as Wyandotte.
- rumble on — If you say that something such as an argument rumbles on, you mean that it continues for a long time after it should have been settled.
- rye-brome — a grass, Bromus secalinus, native to Europe and Asia, having rough leaves and wheatlike ears
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scrambler — a person or thing that scrambles.
- sea bream — any of numerous marine sparid fishes, as Pagellus centrodontus, inhabiting waters off the coasts of Europe.
- semblable — a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.
- semblance — outward aspect or appearance.