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12-letter words containing b, i, m, e

  • behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
  • belittlement — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
  • benchmarking — In business, benchmarking is a process in which a company compares its products and methods with those of the most successful companies in its field, in order to try to improve its own performance.
  • bermuda high — a subtropical high centered near Bermuda.
  • bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
  • beta emitter — a radioactive element, either natural or artificial, which changes into another element by emitting a beta particle
  • beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
  • beth shammai — the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish teacher Shammai and characterized by an austere or rigid interpretation of Jewish law and tradition.
  • betweentimes — between other activities; during intervals
  • beurre manie — butterpaste.
  • bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
  • bicameralism — having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
  • bicycle pump — a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
  • bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
  • bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
  • bimillennial — relating to a bimillennium
  • bimillennium — a period of two thousand years
  • bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
  • biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
  • biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
  • biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
  • biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
  • biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
  • biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
  • biotelemetry — the monitoring of biological functions in humans or animals by means of a miniature transmitter that sends data to a distant point to be read by electronic instruments
  • bioterrorism — Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.
  • birth mother — the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child
  • bismarck sea — an arm of the Pacific Ocean north of New Britain and north-east of New Guinea
  • bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
  • biting midge — any small fragile dipterous fly of the family Ceratopogonidae, most of which suck the blood of mammals, birds, or other insects
  • bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
  • bitter melon — balsam pear.
  • black medick — a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • blimpishness — actions or behaviour akin to those of the fictional character of Colonel Blimp, or the quality of resembling this character
  • blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
  • bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
  • bloomingdale — a town in NE Illinois.
  • blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
  • blue melilot — a European plant, Trigonella caerulea, of the legume family, having long-stalked clusters of blue and white flowers.
  • blue swimmer — an edible bluish Australian swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus
  • boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
  • bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
  • bomber pilot — the pilot of a bomber
  • boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
  • bosom friend — an intimate friend
  • bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
  • box magazine — a rectangular cartridge holder in a submachine or light machine gun.
  • brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
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