9-letter words containing m, a, r
- autotimer — a device for turning a system on and off automatically at times predetermined by advance setting
- auxometer — an instrument measuring the magnifying power of lenses
- ave maria — “Hail, Mary,” the first words of the Latin version of a prayer to the Virgin Mary used in the Roman Catholic Church
- averments — Plural form of averment.
- averroism — the teachings of Averroës
- axminster — a type of patterned carpet with a cut pile
- aztreonam — A synthetic monobactam originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum, similar in action to penicillin.
- baby farm — a place that houses and takes care of babies for a fee.
- 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.
- bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.
- baia-mare — city in NW Romania: pop. 150,000
- ballrooms — Plural form of ballroom.
- balmorals — Plural form of balmoral.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- bannerman — a person who carries a flag or banner; standard-bearer.
- 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.
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- bass drum — a large shallow drum of low and indefinite pitch
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- bear arms — A person's right to bear arms is their right to own and use guns, as a means of defence.
- beaumaris — a resort in N Wales, on the island of Anglesey: 13th-century castle. Pop: 1513 (2001)
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- bedwarmer — a metal pan containing hot coals, formerly used to warm a bed
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- 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.
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- bermudian — a native or inhabitant of Bermuda
- besmeared — to smear all over; bedaub.
- besmearer — someone who besmears
- bicameral — (of a legislature) consisting of two chambers