11-letter words containing b, e, t, m
- basil-thyme — a European plant, Acinos arvensis, having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers: family Lamiaceae
- basketmaker — A person who makes baskets.
- bathometers — Plural form of bathometer.
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- battlements — The battlements of a castle or fortress consist of a wall built round the top, with gaps through which guns or arrows can be fired.
- baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur
- be meant to — If you say that something is meant to happen, you mean that it is expected to happen or that it ought to happen.
- be my guest — If you say be my guest to someone, you are giving them permission to do something.
- be to blame — to be at fault or culpable
- beachmaster — a bull fur seal having its own territory in the breeding grounds.
- bear market — A bear market is a situation on the stock market when people are selling a lot of shares because they expect that the shares will decrease in value and that they will be able to make a profit by buying them again after a short time. Compare bull market.
- beauty mark — A beauty mark is a small, dark spot on the skin that is supposed to add to a woman's beauty.
- bedevilment — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bedizenment — That which bedizens.
- bedroom tax — a reduction in housing benefit for occupants of council housing who have more rooms than they are deemed to require
- beef tomato — a very large fleshy variety of tomato
- beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- behind time — late
- bell-bottom — designating trousers or slacks that are flared beginning at the knee or mid-calf
- bellmouthed — having a flaring mouth or opening like that of a bell
- benightment — the state of being in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness
- benjaminite — a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
- bereavement — Bereavement is the sorrow you feel or the state you are in when a relative or close friend dies.
- bering time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- besiegement — the state of being besieged
- beta rhythm — the normal electrical activity of the cerebral cortex, occurring at a frequency of 13 to 30 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
- betrothment — the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
- betsiamites — a river in E Quebec, Canada, flowing SE to the St. Lawrence River. 240 miles (386 km) long.
- betting man — a person who is in the habit of placing bets
- betweentime — the time between events; interval
- bewitchment — the state of being bewitched
- bicomponent — a fibre composed of two compounds
- bimetallism — the use of two metals, esp gold and silver, in fixed relative values as the standard of value and currency
- bimetallist — the use of two metals, ordinarily gold and silver, at a fixed relative value, as the monetary standard.
- bindheimite — a mineral, hydrous antimonate of lead, resulting from the alteration of lead antimony ores.
- biomaterial — a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues
- biometrical — pertaining to biometry
- biomimetics — the study and development of synthetic systems that mimic the formation, function, or structure of biologically produced substances and materials and biological mechanisms and processes.
- bisymmetric — showing symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other
- black metal — a type of heavy-metal music characterized by extremely nihilistic and satanic lyrics, a repetitive drum beat rapidly alternating betweeen the snare and bass drum (a blast beat), and the ghoulish make-up worn by performers (corpse paint)
- blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
- blastematic — blastemal
- blemishment — a flaw or blemish
- bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
- blue helmet — a member of a United Nations military force, usually deployed on peacekeeping missions, and recognizable by a helmet or beret of a distinctive light blue colour
- blue mantle — one of the four pursuivants of the British College of Arms
- blue myrtle — blueblossom.
- bomb crater — the crater in the ground, pavement, etc, left in the aftermath of an explosion
- bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded