9-letter words containing m, a, b
- baby farm — a place that houses and takes care of babies for a fee.
- baby mama — the biological mother of a man's child, not married to the child's father and usually not in a relationship with him.
- baby milk — a powder made from dried cows' milk, or other ingredients, mixed with water to feed babies
- babymaker — Somebody who gives birth to a baby.
- bacciform — shaped like a berry
- back room — a place where research or planning is done, esp secret research in wartime
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- backrooms — Plural form of backroom.
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bad-mouth — If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.
- badmashes — Plural form of badmash.
- badminton — Badminton is a game played by two or four players on a rectangular court with a high net across the middle. The players try to score points by hitting a small object called a shuttlecock across the net using a racket.
- badmouths — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badmouth.
- baia-mare — city in NW Romania: pop. 150,000
- baisemain — a kissing of the hand; thus, a sign of respect
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- balkanism — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- ball game — Ball games are games that are played with a ball such as tennis, baseball, and football.
- ball mill — a horizontal cylinder or cone in which a substance, such as a mineral, is ground by rotation with steel or ceramic balls
- ballismus — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.
- ballrooms — Plural form of ballroom.
- ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
- balmacaan — a man's knee-length loose flaring overcoat with raglan sleeves
- balminess — mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
- balmorals — Plural form of balmoral.
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- band mill — a powered machine having two pulleys for a saw band or a file band; band saw.
- bandmates — Plural form of bandmate.
- bannerman — a person who carries a flag or banner; standard-bearer.
- baptismal — Baptismal means relating to or connected with baptism.
- bar clamp — a clamp having two jaws attached to a bar, one fixed and the other adjustable by means of a screw mechanism.
- bar gemel — a charge consisting of two barrulets separated by an area the width of a barrulet.
- barathrum — any deep abyss
- barbarism — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- barm cake — a round flat soft bread roll
- barmaster — (historical) A local judge among miners.
- barmbrack — a loaf of bread with currants in it
- barmecide — lavish or plentiful in imagination only; illusory; sham
- barminess — the quality of being barmy; craziness
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
- barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
- barthelme — Donald, 1931–89, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.