9-letter words containing b, e, m
- army base — a centre from which military activities are coordinated
- artmobile — a truck trailer outfitted to transport and exhibit works of art in areas without access to museums.
- assembled — noting an artificial gem formed of two or more parts, as a doublet or triplet, at least one of which is a true gemstone.
- assembler — An assembler is a person, a machine, or a company which assembles the individual parts of a vehicle or a piece of equipment such as a computer.
- assembles — to bring together or gather into one place, company, body, or whole.
- assumable — capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
- b & e — breaking and entering
- b complex — vitamin B (complex)
- b-s meson — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- babymaker — Somebody who gives birth to a baby.
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- badmashes — Plural form of badmash.
- baia-mare — city in NW Romania: pop. 150,000
- baisemain — a kissing of the hand; thus, a sign of respect
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- ball game — Ball games are games that are played with a ball such as tennis, baseball, and football.
- ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
- balminess — mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- bandmates — Plural form of bandmate.
- bannerman — a person who carries a flag or banner; standard-bearer.
- bar gemel — a charge consisting of two barrulets separated by an area the width of a barrulet.
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- barm cake — a round flat soft bread roll
- barmaster — (historical) A local judge among miners.
- barmecide — lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
- barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- base camp — an encampment that serves as a staging area for a larger activity, for example in mountaineering
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- base jump — a parachute jump from the top of a building, bridge, cliff, etc., usually at a height of 1,000 feet (305 meters) or less.
- basements — Plural form of basement.
- bashments — Plural form of bashment.
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- battement — extension of one leg forwards, sideways, or backwards, either once or repeatedly
- bdelliums — Plural form of bdellium.
- be mother — to pour the tea
- beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- beam axle — A beam axle is a rigid beam which connects a nearside (= on the side near the pavement) wheel and an offside (= on the side away from the pavement) wheel.
- beam fill — material, as concrete, for filling spaces between beams or joists in or on top of a masonry wall.
- beam hole — a hole in the shield of a nuclear reactor through which a beam of radiation, esp of neutrons, is allowed to escape for experimental purposes