9-letter words containing b, m, r
- bromelain — an enzyme derived from pineapple, used as an anti-inflammatory agent in homeopathy and as a meat tenderizer in the food industry
- bromeliad — any plant of the tropical American family Bromeliaceae, typically epiphytes with a rosette of fleshy leaves. The family includes the pineapple and Spanish moss
- bromeosin — eosin (def 1).
- bromfield — Louis, 1896–1956, U.S. novelist.
- brominate — to treat or react with bromine
- bromoform — a heavy colourless liquid substance with a sweetish taste and an odour resembling that of chloroform. Formula: CHBr3
- bronchium — a medium-sized bronchial tube
- broodmare — mare for breeding
- brooklime — either of two blue-flowered scrophulariaceous trailing plants, Veronica americana of North America or V. beccabunga of Europe and Asia, growing in moist places
- broomball — a sport similar to ice hockey, played without skates and with a specially designed broom
- broomcorn — a variety of sorghum, Sorghum vulgare technicum, the long stiff flower stalks of which have been used for making brooms
- broomrape — any orobanchaceous plant of the genus Orobanche: brownish small-flowered leafless parasites on the roots of other plants, esp on legumes
- brummagem — something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
- brushmark — the indented lines sometimes left by the bristles of a brush on a painted surface
- brutalism — an austere style of architecture characterized by emphasis on such structural materials as undressed concrete and unconcealed service pipes
- bucranium — (in classical architecture) an ornament, especially on a frieze, having the form of the skull of an ox.
- bugger me — Some people say bugger me to emphasize that they are very surprised about something.
- bujumbura — the capital of Burundi, a port at the NE end of Lake Tanganyika. Pop: 419 000 (2005 est)
- bullarium — a collection of papal bulls.
- bum steer — false or misleading information or advice
- bursiform — shaped like a pouch or sac
- bush tram — a railway line in the bush, used to facilitate the entry of workers and the removal of timber
- buzz term — buzzword.
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- calembour — a pun
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambiform — resembling a cambium
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- carambola — a tree, Averrhoa carambola, probably native to Brazil but cultivated in the tropics, esp SE Asia, for its edible fruit
- carambole — to make a carom
- carbamate — a salt or ester of carbamic acid. The salts contain the monovalent ion NH2COO–, and the esters contain the group NH2COO–
- carbamide — urea.
- carbamino — relating to the compound produced when carbon dioxide reacts with an amino group
- carbenium — (organic chemistry, informal) Any carbocation.
- carbonium — a transient, positively charged organic ion, as H3C+, R3+, that has one less electron than the corresponding free radical
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chamberer — someone who attends to a bed chamber; chambermaid or chamberlain
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- clambered — an act or instance of clambering.
- clamberer — A person who clambers.
- clubrooms — Plural form of clubroom.
- co-member — a fellow member of a particular group or organization
- cobriform — cobra-like
- colombard — a white grape grown in France, California, and Australia, used for making wine
- columbary — a dovecote
- comb-over — a hairstyle in which long strands of hair from the side of the head are swept over the scalp to cover a bald patch