8-letter words containing e, s, m
- baalshem — a person who works miracles by calling upon the name of God, especially one of the German and Polish Jews of the 16th–19th centuries considered to be saintly and to possess magical powers.
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- bailsmen — Plural form of bailsman.
- balmiest — Superlative form of balmy.
- bandsmen — Plural form of bandsman.
- base map — an outline map on which data may be plotted
- basecamp — Alternative spelling of base camp.
- basement — The basement of a building is a floor built partly or completely below ground level.
- basename — (file system) The name of a file which, in contrast to a pathname, does not mention any of the directories containing the file. Examples:
- bashment — (slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- beadsman — a person who prays for another's soul, esp one paid or fed for doing so
- beadsmen — Plural form of beadsman.
- beam sea — a sea striking the vessel at right angles to its keel.
- beamless — Not having a beam.
- bedesman — beadsman
- bedrooms — Plural form of bedroom.
- beermats — Plural form of beermat.
- bemusing — to bewilder or confuse.
- bensalem — urban township in SE Pa., near Philadelphia: pop. 58,000
- bermudas — a group of islands in the Atlantic, 580 miles (935 km) E of North Carolina: a British colony; resort. 19 sq. mi. (49 sq. km). Capital: Hamilton.
- beseemly — becoming; suitable
- besmirch — If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- besmooth — to smooth
- besmudge — to blacken
- bessemer — Sir Henry, 1813–98, English engineer: inventor of the Bessemer process.
- best man — The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- bimensal — occurring every two months
- bimester — a period of two months
- blastema — a mass of undifferentiated animal cells that will develop into an organ or tissue: present at the site of regeneration of a lost part
- bloomers — Bloomers are an old-fashioned kind of women's underwear which consists of wide, loose trousers gathered at the knees.
- bluesman — a musician who plays the blues
- bluestem — a name applied to a number of North American prairie grasses
- bogeyism — the recognition of or belief in the existence of ghosts or demons
- bombesin — a hormone partly responsible for regulating appetite
- bombsite — an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs
- bondsmen — a person who by bond becomes surety for another.
- bontemps — Arna Wendell [ahr-nuh] /ˈɑr nə/ (Show IPA), 1902–73, U.S. author.
- boresome — boring or uninteresting
- bumblers — to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle: He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
- bumsters — trousers cut so that the top lies just above the cleft of the buttocks
- bushmeat — meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa
- c-scheme — MIT Scheme
- caffeism — a morbid condition caused by excessive caffeine intake
- calmness — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calumets — Plural form of calumet.
- camboose — a cabin built as living quarters for a gang of lumbermen
- cambyses — died ?522 bc, king of Persia (529–?522 bc), who conquered Egypt (525); son of Cyrus the Great
- camelids — Plural form of camelid.