8-letter words containing b, o, m
- bombilla — a tube or drinking straw with a strainer at one end, especially for drinking maté.
- bombload — (of a vehicle of war) the quantity of bombs being carried or able to be carried
- bombsite — an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs
- bombycid — any moth, including the silkworm moth, of the family Bombycidae, most of which occur in Africa and SE Asia
- bonamano — a tip or gratuity
- bonampak — ancient Mayan site in Chiapas, S Mexico: discovered in 1946.
- bondmaid — an unmarried female serf or slave
- bondsman — a person bound by bond to act as surety for another
- bondsmen — a person who by bond becomes surety for another.
- bonemeal — the product of dried and ground animal bones, used as a fertilizer or in stock feeds
- bonhomie — Bonhomie is happy, good-natured friendliness.
- bontemps — Arna Wendell [ahr-nuh] /ˈɑr nə/ (Show IPA), 1902–73, U.S. author.
- boobyism — the quality of being boobyish
- bookmark — A bookmark is a narrow piece of card or leather that you put between the pages of a book so that you can find a particular page easily.
- bookworm — If you describe someone as a bookworm, you mean they are very fond of reading.
- boom box — A boom box is a large portable machine for playing music, especially one that is played loudly in public by young people.
- boom out — sound loudly and deeply
- boomburb — a large suburb experiencing rapid population growth
- boomtown — a town that has sprung up or expanded rapidly as a result of an economic boom
- boresome — boring or uninteresting
- bornholm — an island in the Baltic Sea, south of Sweden: administratively part of Denmark. Chief town: Rønne. Pop: 43 956 (2003 est). Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)
- bot army — a group of computers, infected with malign programs via the internet, that can be controlled remotely to, for example, mount denial-of-service attacks
- bothrium — one of two groove-shaped suckers on the scolex of a tapeworm
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- bottomer — a person who makes the seat part of a chair
- bottomry — a contract whereby the owner of a ship borrows money to enable the vessel to complete the voyage and pledges the ship as security for the loan
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- boulimia — bulimia.
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- box beam — a beam or girder built up from shapes and having a hollow, rectangular cross section.
- box loom — a loom with a number of shuttle boxes on one or both sides of the lay, enabling the weaver to use a variety of colors in the filling direction.
- box room — a storage room, especially one for trunks, suitcases, etc.
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- brampton — city in SE Ontario, Canada, near Toronto: pop. 268,000
- bromance — A bromance is a close but not sexual relationship between two men.
- bromberg — German name of Bydgoszcz.
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- bromelin — a protein-digesting enzyme (see endopeptidase) found in pineapple and extracted for use in treating joint pain and inflammation, hay fever, and various other conditions
- bromidic — ordinary; dull
- brooming — an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- bump off — To bump someone off means to kill them.
- buncombe — bunkum
- bunkroom — temporary sleeping quarters, especially for travelers.
- byronism — of or relating to Lord Byron.
- cambodia — a country in SE Asia: became part of French Indochina in 1887; achieved self-government in 1949 and independence in 1953; civil war (1970–74) ended in victory for the Khmer Rouge, who renamed the country Kampuchea (1975) and carried out extreme-radical political and economic reforms resulting in a considerable reduction of the population; Vietnamese forces ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and set up a pro-Vietnamese government who reverted (1981) to the name Cambodia; after Vietnamese withdrawal in 1989 a peace settlement with exiled factions was followed in 1993 by the adoption of a democratic monarchist constitution restoring Prince Sihanouk to the throne. The country contains the central plains of the Mekong River and the Cardamom Mountains in the SW. Official language: Khmer; French is also widely spoken. Currency: riel. Capital: Phnom Penh. Pop: 15 205 539 (2013 est). Area: 181 000 sq km (69 895 sq miles)
- cambogia — gamboge (def 1).
- camboose — a cabin built as living quarters for a gang of lumbermen
- car bomb — A car bomb is a bomb which is inside a car, van, or truck.
- car-bomb — a bomb placed in a vehicle and wired to explode when the ignition is started, by remote control, or by a timing device.