10-letter words containing b, o, m
- emboliform — Plug-shaped.
- embolismal — relating to embolism, being the insertion of one or more days into a calendar
- embolismic — Relating to embolism or intercalation.
- embonpoint — The plump or fleshy part of a person’s body, in particular a woman’s bosom.
- embosoming — Present participle of embosom.
- embossable — Capable of being embossed.
- embossment — The result of embossing; something that has been embossed.
- embothrium — any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
- embouchure — The way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.
- embowering — Present participle of embower.
- embrocated — Simple past tense and past participle of embrocate.
- embrocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrocate.
- embroiders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embroider.
- embroidery — The art or pastime of embroidering cloth.
- embroiling — Present participle of embroil.
- embryo sac — the structure within a plant ovule that contains the egg cell: develops from the megaspore and contains the embryo plant and endosperm after fertilization
- embryogeny — the formation and development of an embryo
- embryology — The branch of biology and medicine concerned with the study of embryos and their development.
- embryonate — relating to, or having, an embryo
- embryotomy — the act of cutting up a fetus in order to aid its removal from the uterus
- employable — (especially of a person) Able to be employed.
- endamoebic — relating to endamebae
- entombment — The placing of a dead body in a tomb; interment.
- ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
- euphorbium — an acrid resin obtained from several species of Euphorbia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative and emetic
- exam board — an organization that sets and corrects exams, especially GCSEs and A levels
- fathomable — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- firebombed — Simple past tense and past participle of firebomb.
- flamboyant — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- formidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- formidably — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- framboesia — yaws.
- gamba stop — an organ stop with a tone resembling that of stringed instruments
- gambolling — to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- gamophobia — The fear of marriage.
- germaphobe — One who suffers from germaphobia.
- germophobe — A person who fears physical contact with germs and is therefore obsessed with cleanliness.
- gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- gombeenism — the practice of usury
- googlebomb — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
- goosebumps — Plural form of goosebump.
- hebdomadal — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hebdomadar — (in Scottish universities and grammar schools) a name given to the member of staff whose weekly turn it is to supervise the behaviour of students
- hemerobiid — (zoology) Any insect of the brown lacewing family, Hemerobiidae.
- hemiglobin — methemoglobin.
- hemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- hemophobia — an abnormal fear of blood.
- hit bottom — the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page. Synonyms: base, foot, pedestal.
- hobohemian — Of, or pertaining to, a hobohemia.
- home birth — If a woman has a home birth, she gives birth to her baby at home rather than in a hospital.