9-letter words containing b, p, m
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impedible — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- ip number — internet address
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- jump ball — a ball tossed into the air above and between two opposing players by the referee in putting the ball into play.
- jump boot — a heavy leather boot originally designed for wear by paratroopers.
- lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
- lampblack — a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
- lampbrush — (rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings.
- limber up — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- moonprobe — an information-gathering spacecraft designed to pass close by or land on the lunar surface.
- mopboards — Plural form of mopboard.
- mysophobe — A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- palembang — a city in SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- palm crab — coconut crab.
- pebbleman — DoD requirements that led to APSE. They were written in Jul 1978 and revised Jan 1979.
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- permabear — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will fall
- permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
- permeable — capable of being permeated.
- photobomb — to ruin (a photograph) by appearing in the image without the photographer’s knowledge, often in some dramatic or comical way: My brother photobombed what would have been a nice photo of my grandma and me.
- pipe bomb — a small homemade bomb typically contained in a metal pipe.
- plumb bob — plummet (def 1).
- plumb-bob — plummet (def 1).
- plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
- plumbicon — a development of the vidicon television camera tube in which the photosensitive material is lead oxide
- plumbless — incapable of being sounded
- plumbness — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- premorbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- prime rib — beef: meat from ribs
- procambia — plant part in stem and root
- proembryo — any of the stages prior to embryo formation in plants
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- r & b — rhythm and blues
- september — the ninth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Sept., Sep.
- skip-bomb — to attack (a target) by skip bombing.
- snap brim — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- stump bed — a bed without posts.
- subphylum — a category of related classes within a phylum.
- subprimal — (of meat) being a cut of meat larger than a steak, roast, or other single cut but smaller than a side of beef: shipped by the packer to local markets for final cutting to reduce processing costs and to retard spoilage.
- subsample — a specimen from or a small part of a sample.
- superbomb — a highly destructive bomb, especially a hydrogen bomb.