11-letter words containing b, i, m
- basil thyme — a plant, Acinos thymoides, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves and purplish flowers.
- basil-thyme — a European plant, Acinos arvensis, having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers: family Lamiaceae
- bat mitzvah — (of a Jewish girl) having attained religious majority at the age of twelve
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- batsmanship — (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
- beam aerial — an aerial system, such as a Yagi aerial, having directional properties
- beam engine — an early type of steam engine, in which a pivoted beam is vibrated by a vertical steam cylinder at one end, so that it transmits motion to the workload, such as a pump, at the other end
- beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
- bed molding — a molding below a projecting part, esp. between the corona and frieze
- bedevilment — to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- bedizenment — That which bedizens.
- beguilement — to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- behaviorism — Behaviorism 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.
- behind time — late
- beni mellal — a city in central Morocco.
- benightment — the state of being in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness
- benjaminite — a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
- 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.
- berkeleyism — any philosophical system or doctrine derived from the views of Bishop Berkeley.
- bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
- beseemingly — in a manner that is beseeming
- besiegement — the state of being besieged
- 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
- biblioclasm — a person who mutilates or destroys books.
- bibliomancy — prediction of the future by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, esp the Bible
- bibliomania — extreme fondness for books
- bicomponent — a fibre composed of two compounds
- bid welcome — to receive with cordial greetings
- biedermeier — of or relating to a decorative and furnishing style in mid-19th-century Germany, characterized by solidity and conventionality
- big diomede — See under Diomede Islands.
- bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which traditional exercises are performed at high temperature and humidity
- 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.
- bimillenary — marking a two-thousandth anniversary
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
- binary form — a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice
- bindheimite — a mineral, hydrous antimonate of lead, resulting from the alteration of lead antimony ores.
- biochemical — Biochemical changes, reactions, and mechanisms relate to the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- bioclimatic — concerning the relations between climate and living organisms
- biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
- biomaterial — a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues
- biomedicine — the medical study of the effects of unusual environmental stress on human beings, esp in connection with space travel
- 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.
- biomodeling — the mathematical modeling of biological reactions.
- biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms