10-letter words containing b, m, d
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- biodynamic — the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms (opposed to biostatics).
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- black mold — any fungus of the family Mucoraceae, especially Rhizopus nigricans, that forms a black, furry coating on foodstuffs.
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- blood meal — the dried blood of animals used as a fertilizer, diet supplement for livestock, or deer repellent.
- bloomfield — Leonard. 1887–1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)
- blue mould — any fungus of the genus Penicillium that forms a bluish mass on decaying food, leather, etc
- board game — A board game is a game such as chess or backgammon, which people play by moving small objects around on a board.
- body armor — Body armor is special protective clothing that people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
- body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
- bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- bomb squad — a squad or force of police officers or others trained to disarm bombs and other explosive devices.
- bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombed out — destroyed or severely damaged by or as by bombing: a bombed-out village; a bombed-out economy.
- bombed-out — A bombed-out building has been damaged or destroyed by a bomb.
- bondswoman — a woman who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
- bongo drum — small hand drum
- bookmarked — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
- bottom dog — underdog.
- bottomland — a lowland alluvial area near a river
- bound form — a linguistic form that never occurs by itself but always as part of some larger construction, as -ed in seated. Compare free form (def 2).
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
- brain dump — (The act of telling someone) everything one knows about a particular topic. Typically used when someone is going to let a new party maintain a piece of code. Conceptually analogous to an operating system core dump in that it saves a lot of useful state before an exit. "You'll have to give me a brain dump on FOOBAR before you start your new job at HackerCorp." At Sun, this is also known as "TOI" (transfer of information).
- brake drum — the cast-iron drum attached to the hub of a wheel of a motor vehicle fitted with drum brakes
- brand name — The brand name of a product is the name the manufacturer gives it and under which it is sold.
- brand-name — having or being a brand name: nationally known brand-name food products.
- bread mold — any of an order (Mucorales, esp. Rhizopus nigricans) of fungi often found on decaying vegetable matter or bread
- breadcrumb — Breadcrumbs are tiny pieces of dry bread. They are used in cooking.
- bridegroom — A bridegroom is a man who is getting married.
- bridesmaid — A bridesmaid is a woman or a girl who helps and accompanies a bride on her wedding day.
- broad jump — an exercise and athletic contest in which competitors try to jump the farthest distance possible from a standing start from a fixed board or mark
- broad-jump — long-jump.
- brood mare — a mare kept for breeding purposes
- broomfield — a city in N central Colorado.
- brundisium — Brindisi
- bsp method — (programming) A CASE method from IBM.
- bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
- bumpy ride — experience: difficult
- burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- burma road — the route extending from Lashio in Burma (now Myanmar) to Chongqing in China, which was used by the Allies during World War II to supply military equipment to Chiang Kai-shek's forces in China
- buttonmold — a small disk of wood, metal, etc., which is covered as with cloth or leather to form a button
- candlebeam — a medieval chandelier formed of crossed timbers.
- cardmember — a person authorized to use a particular credit card.