11-letter words containing e, m, b, o
- bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
- bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
- bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
- broken home — a family in which one parent is absent, usually due to divorce or desertion: children from broken homes.
- broomballer — a person who plays broomball
- buddy movie — a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
- bumbershoot — an umbrella
- bumble-foot — an inflammatory condition of the feet of birds, usually caused by an infection
- bumper crop — large harvest
- bumper pool — a pool game played on a small, often octagonally shaped table with two pockets, having strategically placed cushioned pegs on the playing surface, usually necessitating bank shots to sink balls.
- burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
- bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
- bust a move — go, leave
- by means of — If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
- by no means — on no account; in no way
- cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
- cable modem — (communications, hardware) A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
- camp robber — Canada jay
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
- carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
- ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
- cerebriform — resembling the brain in texture or structure
- chamber pop — pop music that incorporates orchestral arrangements
- chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
- chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
- chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
- cherry bomb — a powerful firecracker that is shaped like a cherry
- chromophobe — a cell that does not take a stain easily
- code number — a number used to identify something
- coenobitism — the practice of coenobites
- collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
- combat gear — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- combat team — a combination of military units, usually of different types, as infantry and artillery, temporarily under one command while on special combat mission.
- combat zone — (in warfare) an area where fighting is taking place
- combatively — In a combative way.
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- combinative — resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together
- combo store — a combined drugstore and supermarket.
- combustible — A combustible material or gas catches fire and burns easily.
- comedy club — a club where stand-up comedians perform
- comestibles — food
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
- commandable — able to be commanded
- commendable — If you describe someone's behaviour as commendable, you approve of it or are praising it.
- commendably — worthy of praise: She did a commendable job of informing all the interested parties.
- commentable — a remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.
- committable — to give in trust or charge; consign.
- compactable — Capable of being compacted.
- compactible — able to be made compact