10-letter words containing m, a, b, l
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- block mast — a short mast from the head of which a lateen yard is suspended.
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- blood meal — the dried blood of animals used as a fertilizer, diet supplement for livestock, or deer repellent.
- blue grama — any grass of the genus Bouteloua, of South America and western North America, as B. gracilis (blue grama)
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- bomb blast — the impact caused by a bomb
- bomb lance — a harpoon fitted with an explosive head.
- bottomland — a lowland alluvial area near a river
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- brahmaloka — the highest part of Kamaloka, where refined souls exist in blissful contemplation of Brahma.
- bread mold — any of an order (Mucorales, esp. Rhizopus nigricans) of fungi often found on decaying vegetable matter or bread
- bumbailiff — (formerly) an officer employed to collect debts and arrest debtors for nonpayment
- bump along — advance unevenly
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- camberwell — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark.
- campobello — an island in the Bay of Fundy, off the coast of SE Canada: part of New Brunswick province. Pop: 1195 (2001). Area: about 52 sq km (20 sq miles)
- candlebeam — a medieval chandelier formed of crossed timbers.
- carambolas — Plural form of carambola.
- carom ball — the ball struck by the cue ball in rebounding off the object ball. Compare object ball (def 1).
- catabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are broken down into simple ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism
- catacumbal — of or resembling catacombs
- chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
- chambranle — the three-sided ornamental bordering found around doors, windows, and fireplaces
- choliambic — relating to or in the form of choliambs
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- clambering — of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.
- cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
- clubmaster — the manager of a gentlemen's club
- collembola — Any of many minute wingless arthropods of subclass Collembola; a springtail.
- columbaria — Irregular plural form of columbarium.
- combatable — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- combinable — capable of combining or being combined.
- commonable — (of land) held in common
- commutable — (of a punishment) capable of being reduced in severity
- comparable — Something that is comparable to something else is roughly similar, for example in amount or importance.
- comparably — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- compatable — Misspelling of compatible.
- compatible — If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully.
- compatibly — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- compilable — (computing) That can be compiled.
- compliable — compliant
- composable — to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements: He composed his speech from many research notes.
- computable — computability theory
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- 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
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- customable — subject to customs
- d'alembert — Jean Le Rond (ʒɑ̃ lə rɔ̃). 1717–83, French mathematician, physicist, and rationalist philosopher, noted for his contribution to Newtonian physics in Traité de dynamique (1743) and for his collaboration with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie