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11-letter words containing m, a, b

  • businessman — A businessman is a man who works in business.
  • bust a move — go, leave
  • butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
  • buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
  • 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
  • byzantinism — caesaropapism, especially before the Great Schism of 1054.
  • 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.
  • call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
  • cambric tea — a hot drink of milk, sugar, and water or, often, weak tea
  • camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
  • camp robber — Canada jay
  • campbellism — the practices and principles of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbellite — a member of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • cannibalism — If a group of people practise cannibalism, they eat the flesh of other people.
  • car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
  • carbamidine — guanidine.
  • carbapenems — Plural form of carbapenem.
  • carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
  • carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
  • carrom ball — a ball with a spinning action created by keeping the middle finger bent and flicking it outwards at the moment of release
  • catabolisms — Plural form of catabolism.
  • 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
  • cerebralism — the theory that physical phenomena arise from the action of the brain
  • chamber mug — a chamber pot.
  • 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.
  • chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
  • chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
  • chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
  • chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
  • chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • circumbasal — surrounding the base.
  • cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
  • clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
  • cobalt bomb — a cobalt-60 device used in radiotherapy
  • collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
  • columbarium — a vault having niches for funeral urns
  • combat boot — a heavy army boot
  • combat duty — active service
  • 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
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