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11-letter words containing e, m, b, o

  • emboîtement — the theory, no longer believed, that an egg encases the germs of all future descendants that might develop from that egg, each germ being encased within another germ
  • emboldening — Present participle of embolden.
  • embolectomy — Surgical removal of an embolus.
  • embonpoints — Plural form of embonpoint.
  • embouchures — Plural form of embouchure.
  • embowelment — a disembowelment
  • embowerment — the act of embowering
  • embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
  • embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.
  • embroidered — Decorate (cloth) by sewing patterns on it with thread.
  • embroiderer — A person who embroiders.
  • embroilment — The condition of being embroiled in something; an imbroglio or entanglement.
  • embryectomy — the surgical removal of an embryo
  • embryoblast — A mass of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, that develops to form the embryo.
  • embryologic — Embryological.
  • embryonated — Containing an embryo.
  • embryopathy — (pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo.
  • embryophyte — any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
  • emery board — abrasive tool for shaping fingernails
  • emetophobia — Fear of vomiting.
  • emetophobic — Pertaining to, or afflicted with, emetophobia, a morbid fear of vomiting.
  • emotionable — (rare, of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties) Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
  • ennoblement — (uncountable) The state of being noble.
  • fibrocement — (formerly) cement combined with asbestos fibre, used esp in sheets for building
  • firebombing — Present participle of firebomb.
  • flamboyance — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
  • flamboyante — an alternative name for the flame tree, Poinciana regia
  • foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
  • foam-backed — having a backing made of foam rubber
  • gemfibrozil — An oral drug, one of the fibrates, used to lower lipid levels.
  • germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
  • germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
  • germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
  • gob-smacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
  • gombeen-man — a usurer or moneylender.
  • google bomb — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
  • goose bumps — If you get goose bumps, the hairs on your skin stand up so that it is covered with tiny bumps. You get goose bumps when you are cold, frightened, or excited.
  • ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
  • gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
  • haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
  • haemophobia — Alternative spelling of hemophobia.
  • hamate bone — a wedgelike bone on the side of the wrist connecting the wrist with the fourth and fifth metacarpals, which connect to the ring and little fingers
  • hammer blow — a blow from a hammer
  • hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
  • hematoblast — an immature blood cell, especially a red blood cell.
  • home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
  • home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
  • homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
  • honeycombed — Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
  • horn timber — a timber, often one of several, rising from the sternpost of a wooden vessel to support the overhang of the stern.
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