8-letter words containing b, m, e
- ensemble — A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together.
- entameba — any of a genus (Entamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in vertebrates, esp. a species (E. histolytica) causing amoebic dysentery
- entombed — Simple past tense and past participle of entomb.
- eximbank — a U.S. government agency that aids in the exporting of U.S. goods and services by making or guaranteeing loans to foreign buyers of U.S. exports
- f-number — a number corresponding to the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a lens system, especially a camera lens. In f /1.4, 1.4 is the f-number and signifies that the focal length of the lens is 1.4 times as great as the diameter. /, f/, f, f: Abbreviation: f.
- farmable — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- filmable — noting or pertaining to a story or to a literary work readily adaptable to motion picture form.
- fimbriae — Often, fimbriae. Botany, Zoology. a fringe or fringed border.
- firebomb — an explosive device with incendiary effects.
- flambeau — a flaming torch.
- flambeed — Also, flambéed [flahm-beyd] /flɑmˈbeɪd/ (Show IPA). (of food) served in flaming liquor, especially brandy: steak flambé.
- foamable — Capable of being converted into foam.
- foreboom — the boom of a foremast
- forelimb — a front limb of an animal.
- formable — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- framable — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- gambades — Plural form of gambade.
- gambeson — a quilted garment worn under mail.
- gambetta — Léon [ley-awn] /leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1838–82, French statesman.
- gamblers — Plural form of gambler.
- gamboled — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gambrels — Plural form of gambrel.
- game boy — a handheld games console, made by the company Nintendo, which was popular in the 1990s
- gemsboks — Plural form of gemsbok.
- gemsbuck — gemsbok.
- giambeux — Obsolete form of jambeux.
- gimbaled — Simple past tense and past participle of gimbal.
- grumbled — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- grumbler — A person who persistently grumbles; a complainer.
- grumbles — Plural form of grumble.
- habermas — Jürgen (ˈjyrɡən). born 1929, German social theorist: his chief works are Theory and Practice (1963) and Knowledge and Human Interests (1968)
- harambee — a work chant used on the E African coast
- harmable — Susceptible to harm.
- hebdomad — the number seven.
- hebraism — an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- home box — (jargon, computer) A hacker's personal machine, especially one he or she owns. "Yeah? Well, *my* home box runs a full 4.2BSD, so there!"
- home boy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- homebird — a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away
- homebody — a person who prefers pleasures and activities that center around the home; stay-at-home.
- homeborn — That which is born in a given place, native, indigenous.
- homeboys — Plural form of homeboy.
- homebred — bred or raised at home; native; indigenous; domestic.
- homebrew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
- homeobox — Any of a class of closely similar sequences that occur in various genes and are involved in regulating embryonic development in a wide range of species.
- hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
- humblest — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- hummable — (of a piece of music) able to be hummed easily; melodic; tuneful.
- ibsenism — a manner or style of dramatic structure or content characteristic of Ibsen.
- imagable — Alternative form of imageable.