10-letter words containing b, o, m
- lemon balm — any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- letterbomb — (messaging) 1. An e-mail message containing live data intended to do nefarious things to the recipient's computer or terminal. It is possible, for example, to send letterbombs that will lock up some specific kinds of terminals when they are viewed, so thoroughly that the user must turn the terminal off to unwedge it. Under Unix, a letterbomb can also try to get part of its contents interpreted as a shell command. The results of this could range from silly to tragic. See also Trojan horse; compare nastygram, talk bomb. 2. Loosely, a mailbomb.
- lobotomies — Plural form of lobotomy.
- lobotomise — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lobotomist — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lobotomize — to perform a lobotomy on.
- lobsterman — a person who traps lobsters.
- lobstermen — Plural form of lobsterman.
- locomobile — automotive; self-propelling.
- logic bomb — (programming, security) Code surreptitiously inserted into an application or operating system that causes it to perform some destructive or security-compromising activity whenever specified conditions are met. Compare back door.
- lombrosian — of or relating to the doctrine propounded by the Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso that criminals are a product of hereditary and atavistic factors and can be classified as a definite abnormal type
- longbowman — an archer who uses a longbow.
- lower limb — a limb that is lower or hindmost; a leg
- lumbersome — unwieldy; cumbrous
- lumbricoid — resembling an earthworm.
- luxembourg — a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km).
- mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
- macrobiota — any living organisms in a given area large enough to be seen with the naked eye
- macrobiote — a person with a long life
- macroburst — (meteorology) A strong downdraft, of over 2.5 miles in diameter, that can cause damaging winds.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- malar bone — Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- malar-bone — Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- mama's boy — a boy or man showing excessive attachment to or dependence on his mother.
- mandelbrot — designating or of any of various sets of points used in the study of chaos to generate fractals
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- maraboutic — Of, or pertaining to, a marabout.
- marblewood — any of several trees having wood somewhat resembling marble in graining or texture, as Diospyros marmorata, of southern Asia, or Olea paniculata, of Australia.
- marrowbone — A bone containing edible marrow.
- mars brown — a medium brown color.
- matchboard — a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.
- matchbooks — Plural form of matchbook.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.
- matzo ball — a dumpling made from matzo meal, usually served in soup.
- matzo brei — small pieces of matzo soaked in water, mixed with beaten eggs, and fried.
- melon-bulb — a large, bulbous turning, sometimes with surface carving, found especially on the legs and posts of Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- mesoblasts — Plural form of mesoblast.
- mesolimbic — (anatomy) Relating to the middle part of the limbic system.
- mess about — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- metabiosis — a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.
- metabiotic — a mode of living in which one organism is dependent on another for preparation of an environment in which it can live.
- metabolise — Alternative spelling of metabolize.
- metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- metabolite — a product of metabolic action.
- metabolize — (of a body or organ) process (a substance) by metabolism.
- metabolome — (biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of metabolites found in a biological sample; especially that found in a person's body under normal conditions, and when suffering from a disease.
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- microbeams — Plural form of microbeam.
- microbiome — the totality of microorganisms and their collective genetic material present in or on the human body or in another environment: The wide diversity of species that make up the microbiome is hard to fathom.