10-letter words containing b, p, m
- cramp ball — a hard round blackish ascomycetous fungus, Daldinia concentrica, characteristically found on the bark of ash trees and formerly carried to ward off cramp. The specific name refers to the concentric rings revealed if the fungus is sliced
- damp squib — You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- embonpoint — The plump or fleshy part of a person’s body, in particular a woman’s bosom.
- employable — (especially of a person) Able to be employed.
- euphorbium — an acrid resin obtained from several species of Euphorbia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative and emetic
- gamba stop — an organ stop with a tone resembling that of stringed instruments
- 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.
- goosebumps — Plural form of goosebump.
- hemophobia — an abnormal fear of blood.
- homophobes — Plural form of homophobe.
- homophobia — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophobic — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- humble pie — humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- hump bluey — to carry one's bundle; tramp
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- impactable — Likely to be impacted.
- impairable — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- impalpable — not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
- impalpably — In an impalpable manner.
- impartable — Capable of being imparted.
- impartible — not partible; indivisible.
- impassable — not passable; not allowing passage over, through, along, etc.: Heavy snow made the roads impassable.
- impassably — In an impassable manner.
- impassible — incapable of suffering pain.
- impassibly — In an impassible manner.
- impeccable — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- impeccably — faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
- imperdible — (obsolete) Not destructible.
- impetrable — (obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
- implacable — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- implacably — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- implorable — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- import ban — a ban on the importation of certain products from a certain country into the home country
- importable — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- impossible — not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- impossibly — not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- improbable — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- improbably — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- improvable — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- impugnable — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- jumbo pack — a very large pack. Used mainly in advertising and in the names of products
- labor camp — Also called slave labor camp. a penal colony where inmates are forced to work.
- lamp-black — a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
- mabe pearl — a smooth cultured pearl cultivated in a hemispherical shape so that it has one flat and one convex surface.
- membership — the state of being a member, as of a society or club.
- microprobe — Chemistry, Spectroscopy. a device used to excite radiation by a material in order to determine chemical or elemental composition from the emission spectrum produced.
- milliprobe — an instrument that analyses very small quantities of material