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11-letter words containing b, o, m, l

  • biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms
  • black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
  • black molly — a jet-black molly, a color form especially of Poecilia latipinna or P. sphenops, popular as an aquarium fish.
  • black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
  • black vomit — vomit containing blood, often a manifestation of disease, such as yellow fever
  • bladderworm — cysticercus
  • blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
  • blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
  • blood money — If someone makes a payment of blood money to the family of someone who has been killed, they pay that person's family a sum of money as compensation.
  • blood serum — blood plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed
  • bloodmobile — a motor vehicle equipped for collecting blood from donors
  • bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
  • bloody mary — A Bloody Mary is a drink made from vodka and tomato juice.
  • bloomington — a city in central Indiana: seat of the University of Indiana (1820). Pop: 70 642 (2003 est)
  • blow-molded — (of plastic hollowware) made by blowing and shaping in a mold; mold-blown.
  • blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
  • blueblossom — a shrub, Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, of the buckthorn family, abundant in the western U.S., having finely toothed oblong leaves and lilaclike clusters of blue flowers.
  • boiler room — any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc
  • boilermaker — a person who works with metal in heavy industry; plater or welder
  • bombilation — a humming or buzzing sound, for example that of a bee
  • bontempelli — Massimo. 1878–1960, Italian dramatist, poet, novelist, and critic. His works include the play Nostra Dea (1925) and the novel The Faithful Lover (1953)
  • boolean sum — Mathematics. symmetric difference.
  • boring clam — piddock
  • boring mill — a large vertical lathe having a rotating table on which work is secured. Tools are held on a fixed post and the work is rotated around it
  • bottom bolt — a bolt at the bottom of a door or the like, sliding into a socket in the floor or sill and equipped with a device for keeping it raised when the door is not fastened.
  • bottom lady — a pimp's most reliable prostitute.
  • bottom land — bottom (def 4).
  • bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
  • bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
  • bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
  • broomballer — a person who plays broomball
  • bryophyllum — a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae with the ability to produce plantlets on their leaves or floral stems
  • bumble-foot — an inflammatory condition of the feet of birds, usually caused by an infection
  • bumper pool — a pool game played on a small, often octagonally shaped table with two pockets, having strategically placed cushioned pegs on the playing surface, usually necessitating bank shots to sink balls.
  • bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
  • buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
  • cable modem — (communications, hardware)   A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
  • campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
  • carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
  • carrom ball — a ball with a spinning action created by keeping the middle finger bent and flicking it outwards at the moment of release
  • catabolisms — Plural form of catabolism.
  • cobalt bomb — a cobalt-60 device used in radiotherapy
  • collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
  • colubriform — shaped like or resembling a member of the Colubridae family of snakes
  • columbarium — a vault having niches for funeral urns
  • columbiform — Having the form of a dove or pigeon.
  • combatively — In a combative way.
  • combustible — A combustible material or gas catches fire and burns easily.
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