9-letter words containing b, e, m
- beam mill — a rolling mill for roughing a bloom and rolling it into a shape.
- beam pump — A beam pump is an artificial-lift pumping system which uses a type of reciprocating pump to extract oil from an inland well.
- beam wind — a wind blowing against a vessel from a direction at right angles to its keel.
- beam-ends — the ends of a vessel's beams
- beaminess — the quality of beaming
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bear arms — A person's right to bear arms is their right to own and use guns, as a means of defence.
- beat time — If you beat time to a piece of music, you move your hand or foot up and down in time with the music. A conductor beats time to show the choir or orchestra how fast they should sing or play the music.
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- become of — to happen to; be the fate of
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- bedroomed — (When preceded by a number) Having the indicated number of bedrooms.
- bedwarmer — a metal pan containing hot coals, formerly used to warm a bed
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- beer pump — a pump for drawing beer directly from a keg or cask.
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- behmenism — Boehmenism.
- behmenist — Boehmenist.
- belemnite — any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Belemnoidea, related to the cuttlefish
- belemnoid — shaped like a dart
- belgicism — a word or expression used by Belgians when speaking French or Dutch
- bell moth — any moth of the family Tortricidae, which when at rest resemble the shape of a bell
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bemedaled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
- bemelmans — Ludwig [luhd-wig,, loo d-] /ˈlʌd wɪg,, ˈlʊd-/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, U.S. humorous satirist and painter; born in Austria: author and illustrator of children's books.
- bemonster — to treat as a monster
- bemusedly — bewildered or confused: a bemused expression on his face.
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- benjamins — hundred-dollar bills
- benzamine — eucaine.
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- bergstrom — Sune (ˈsʊnə). 1916–2004, Swedish biochemist; shared the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology (1982) for work on prostaglandin
- berkelium — a metallic transuranic element produced by bombardment of americium. Symbol: Bk; atomic no: 97; half-life of most stable isotope, 247Bk: 1400 years; valency: 3 or 4; relative density: 14 (est)
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- beryllium — a corrosion-resistant toxic silvery-white metallic element that occurs chiefly in beryl and is used mainly in X-ray windows and in the manufacture of alloys. Symbol: Be; atomic no: 4; atomic wt: 9.012; valency: 2; relative density: 1.848; melting pt: 1289°C; boiling pt: 2472°C
- beseeming — to be fit for or worthy of; become: conduct that beseems a gentleman.
- besetment — the state or condition of being beset
- besmeared — to smear all over; bedaub.
- besmearer — someone who besmears
- betamaxed — (jargon) When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition. E.g. "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market". The Betamex videotape standard lost to VHS.
- bethlehem — a town in the West Bank, near Jerusalem: birthplace of Jesus and early home of King David
- betumbled — thrown into disorder
- bevelment — the process of bevelling
- bicameral — (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers
- big media — the mainstream media, as television and newspapers: blogs that compete with big media.