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12-letter words containing m, a, r, i

  • beta emitter — a radioactive element, either natural or artificial, which changes into another element by emitting a beta particle
  • beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
  • beurre manie — butterpaste.
  • bhakti-marga — any of the three ways to salvation, which are those of devotion to certain gods (bhakti-marga) of study (jnana-marga) and of actions (karma-marga)
  • bicameralism — having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
  • bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
  • bio-organism — a dangerous fast-proliferating organism that could be used as the basis of a biological weapon
  • bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
  • biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
  • biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
  • birch family — the plant family Betulaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves, male flowers in drooping catkins, female flowers in short clusters, and one-seeded nuts, and including the alder, birch, hazel, and hornbeam.
  • birth family — one's biological parents and siblings, as contrasted with one's adoptive family.
  • birth trauma — an emotional shock caused by being born.
  • bismarck sea — an arm of the Pacific Ocean north of New Britain and north-east of New Guinea
  • bliss carman — (William) Bliss, 1861–1929, Canadian poet and journalist in the U.S.
  • boilermaking — metal-working in heavy industry; plating or welding
  • boomeranging — a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by the Australian Aborigines as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
  • brain damage — If someone suffers brain damage, their brain is damaged by an illness or injury so that they cannot function normally.
  • brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
  • brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
  • brigham city — a city in N Utah.
  • brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
  • british warm — an army officer's short thick overcoat
  • broad-minded — If you describe someone as broad-minded, you approve of them because they are willing to accept types of behaviour which other people consider immoral.
  • bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
  • bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • burial mound — a barrow
  • cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
  • calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
  • calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
  • calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
  • camaraderies — comradeship; good-fellowship.
  • camber piece — a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.
  • camel's hair — the hair of the camel
  • camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
  • cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
  • camiknickers — women's knickers attached to a camisole top
  • camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
  • campo formio — a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria
  • campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
  • canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
  • cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
  • caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
  • caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
  • cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
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