9-letter words containing m, a, b
- base camp — an encampment that serves as a staging area for a larger activity, for example in mountaineering
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- base jump — a parachute jump from the top of a building, bridge, cliff, etc., usually at a height of 1,000 feet (305 meters) or less.
- basements — Plural form of basement.
- bashawism — the combined characteristics of a bashaw, esp haughtiness, imperiousness
- bashments — Plural form of bashment.
- bass drum — a large shallow drum of low and indefinite pitch
- batchmate — (India) classmate.
- bath bomb — a ball of carbonates and scent that is placed in bath water to dissolve and impart supposedly therapeutic properties to the water
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- batswoman — a female batsman
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- battement — extension of one leg forwards, sideways, or backwards, either once or repeatedly
- beach bum — If you refer to someone as a beach bum, you mean that they spend a lot of time enjoying themselves on the beach or in the sea.
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- beam axle — A beam axle is a rigid beam which connects a nearside (= on the side near the pavement) wheel and an offside (= on the side away from the pavement) wheel.
- beam fill — material, as concrete, for filling spaces between beams or joists in or on top of a masonry wall.
- beam hole — a hole in the shield of a nuclear reactor through which a beam of radiation, esp of neutrons, is allowed to escape for experimental purposes
- beam mill — a rolling mill for roughing a bloom and rolling it into a shape.
- beam pump — A beam pump is an artificial-lift pumping system which uses a type of reciprocating pump to extract oil from an inland well.
- beam wind — a wind blowing against a vessel from a direction at right angles to its keel.
- beam-ends — the ends of a vessel's beams
- beaminess — the quality of beaming
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bear arms — A person's right to bear arms is their right to own and use guns, as a means of defence.
- beat time — If you beat time to a piece of music, you move your hand or foot up and down in time with the music. A conductor beats time to show the choir or orchestra how fast they should sing or play the music.
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- bedlamism — anything characteristic of bedlam
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- bedwarmer — a metal pan containing hot coals, formerly used to warm a bed
- beechmast — collective term for beech nuts, esp when lying on the ground
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bemedaled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
- bemelmans — Ludwig [luhd-wig,, loo d-] /ˈlʌd wɪg,, ˈlʊd-/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, U.S. humorous satirist and painter; born in Austria: author and illustrator of children's books.
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- benjamins — hundred-dollar bills
- benzamine — eucaine.
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- besmeared — to smear all over; bedaub.
- besmearer — someone who besmears
- betamaxed — (jargon) When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior but better marketed competition. E.g. "Microsoft betamaxed Apple right out of the market". The Betamex videotape standard lost to VHS.
- bicameral — (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers