8-letter words containing b, i, m, e
- mode bit — A flag, usually in hardware, that selects between two (usually quite different) modes of operation. The connotations are different from flag bit in that mode bits are mainly written during a boot or set-up phase, are seldom explicitly read, and seldom change over the lifetime of an ordinary program. The classic example was the EBCDIC-vs.-ASCII bit (#12) of the Program Status Word of the IBM 360. Another was the bit on a PDP-12 that controlled whether it ran the PDP-8 or the LINC instruction set.
- nebulium — a hypothetical element once thought to be present in emission nebulae because of certain unidentified spectral lines, now known to be forbidden transitions of oxygen and nitrogen ions.
- nimblest — Superlative form of nimble.
- nimbuses — Plural form of nimbus.
- nobelium — a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- overbrim — To flow over the brim; to overflow.
- periblem — the histogen in plants that gives rise to the cortex.
- plumbite — a substance containing lead oxide
- renminbi — the currency of the People's Republic of China, the basic unit of which is the yuan.
- resubmit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- ribosome — a tiny, somewhat mitten-shaped organelle occurring in great numbers in the cell cytoplasm either freely, in small clusters, or attached to the outer surfaces of endoplasmic reticula, and functioning as the site of protein manufacture.
- ribozyme — a segment of RNA that can act as a catalyst.
- semibald — partly bald
- semibold — denoting a weight of typeface between medium and bold face
- semibull — a bull or official document issued by the pope after his election but before his coronation
- semihobo — a person looking almost like a hobo
- subprime — being of less than top quality: a subprime grade of steel.
- symbiote — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- tie beam — a horizontal timber or the like for connecting two structural members to keep them from spreading apart, as a beam connecting the feet of two principal rafters in a roof truss.
- timbales — a pair of single-headed, cylindrical drums joined by a frame and played with drumsticks, used, esp. originally, in Latin American dance music
- timbered — made of or furnished with timber.
- tomblike — an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave.
- umeboshi — a salty and tart Japanese condiment made from unripened plums pickled in a brine.
- unimbued — not imbued (with a particular quality)
- unlimber — not limber; inflexible; stiff.
- unmobile — capable of moving or being moved readily.
- verbatim — word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words.
- webcomic — an online comic strip or cartoon, especially one that was originally published online.
- whimbrel — a curlew, Numenius phaeopus, of both the New and Old Worlds.
- womblike — Resembling a womb or uterus in shape or function.
- zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.