9-letter words containing b, e, r, m
- 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
- besmeared — to smear all over; bedaub.
- besmearer — someone who besmears
- bicameral — (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers
- big-timer — Informal. the highest or most important level in any profession or occupation: She's a talented violinist, but she's not ready for the big time.
- bimotored — having two engines.
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- biomarker — a distinct biochemical, genetic, or molecular characteristic or substance that is an indicator of a particular biological condition or process: a blood test to measure protein biomarkers for cancer.
- biometric — Biometric tests and devices use biological information about a person to create a detailed record of their personal characteristics.
- biostrome — a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils
- birlieman — a judge dealing with local law
- birthname — a name given at birth
- bitstream — a sequence of digital data transmitted electronically
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- blemisher — a person or thing that blemishes
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- bogometer — (humour) /boh-gom'-*t-er/ A notional instrument for measuring bogosity. Compare the "wankometer" described in the wank entry.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- bolometer — a sensitive instrument for measuring radiant energy by the increase in the resistance of an electrical conductor
- bombarded — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombarder — a person or thing which bombards
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- bookmaker — A bookmaker is a person whose job is to take your money when you bet and to pay you money if you win.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- bootmaker — a person who makes boots and shoes for a living
- botmaster — (chat) The owner of a bot.
- box frame — Architecture. a monolithic reinforced-concrete structure having walls and floors in the form of slabs.
- brainstem — the stalklike part of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the pons Varolii
- brakesman — a pithead winch operator
- breadroom — a room or compartment where bread is kept, esp on a ship
- breakroom — a room in a workplace that is set aside for employees to use during a break from work, as to relax, socialize, or eat.
- breaktime — a period of rest or recreation, esp at school
- bregmatic — of or relating to the bregma
- bremerton — a city in W Washington, on Puget Sound: navy yard.
- bretylium — a substance, C 18 H 24 BrNO 3 S, used to treat acute ventricular arrhythmias and suppress ventricular fibrillation.
- bridemaid — a bridesmaid
- bridgeman — a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges.
- brimstone — Brimstone is the same as sulphur.
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- bromfield — Louis, 1896–1956, U.S. novelist.
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- broodmare — mare for breeding
- brooklime — either of two blue-flowered scrophulariaceous trailing plants, Veronica americana of North America or V. beccabunga of Europe and Asia, growing in moist places
- broomrape — any orobanchaceous plant of the genus Orobanche: brownish small-flowered leafless parasites on the roots of other plants, esp on legumes