11-letter words containing m, a
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.
- badger game — the blackmailing of a man by maneuvering him into a compromising situation with a woman
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- bal musette — a dance hall in France in which the music is provided by an accordion band.
- balletomane — a person enthusiastic about the ballet
- balmain bug — a flattish edible Australian shellfish, Ibacus peronii, similar to the Moreton Bay bug
- balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
- balsam pear — an Old World tropical vine, Momordica charantia, of the gourd family, having yellow flowers and orange-yellow fruit.
- bambocciata — a genre painting of usually small size produced in Rome in the 17th century.
- bamboo ware — a cane-colored Wedgwood stoneware of c1770 imitating bamboo.
- bamboozling — Present participle of bamboozle.
- ban ki-moon — born 1944, South Korean international civil servant; secretary-general of the United Nations from 2007
- bandkeramik — the pottery of the early Neolithic Danubian culture of Europe, having characteristic parallel spiral lines over the body and neck of the gourdlike vessels and dated 5000–4000 b.c.
- bandmasters — Plural form of bandmaster.
- banjarmasin — a port in Indonesia, in SW Borneo. Pop: 527 415 (2000)
- banjermasin — a seaport on the S coast of Borneo, in Indonesia.
- bantam work — Coromandel work.
- baptismally — In a baptismal way; through baptism.
- bar mitzvah — A bar mitzvah is a ceremony that takes place on the thirteenth birthday of a Jewish boy, after which he is regarded as an adult.
- barbitalism — barbiturism.
- barbiturism — chronic poisoning caused by the excessive use of phenobarbital, secobarbital, or other derivative of barbituric acid.
- bargemaster — the owner of a barge
- barium meal — a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, swallowed by a patient before X-ray examination of the upper part of the alimentary canal
- barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
- barnstormed — Simple past tense and past participle of barnstorm.
- barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
- barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
- barra mansa — a city in Rio de Janeiro state, SE Brazil.
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- bartholomew — one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3). Feast day: Aug 24 or June 11
- bartolommeo — Fra. original name Baccio della Porta. 1472–1517, Italian painter of the Florentine school, noted for his austere religious works
- bas mitzvah — bat mitzvah
- base memory — (hardware, jargon) The lowest 640 kilobytes of memory in an IBM PC-compatible computer running MS-DOS. Other PC operating systems can usually compensate and "ignore" the fact that there is a 640K limit to base memory. This was put in place because the original CPU - the Intel 8088 - could only access one megabyte of memory, and IBM wanted to reserve the upper 384KB for device drivers. The high memory area (HMA) lies above 640KB and can be accessed on MS-DOS computers that have an A20 handler.
- basicranium — (anatomy) The inferior region of the skull.
- basil thyme — a plant, Acinos thymoides, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves and purplish flowers.
- basil-thyme — a European plant, Acinos arvensis, having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers: family Lamiaceae
- basketmaker — A person who makes baskets.
- bat mitzvah — (of a Jewish girl) having attained religious majority at the age of twelve
- bathometers — Plural form of bathometer.
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- batsmanship — (cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.
- battlements — The battlements of a castle or fortress consist of a wall built round the top, with gaps through which guns or arrows can be fired.
- baum marten — a dark brown European marten (esp. Martes martes) or its fur
- baume scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. 1 degree Baumé is equal to 144.3((s–1)/s), where s is specific gravity
- be made one — (of a man and a woman) to become married
- be meant to — If you say that something is meant to happen, you mean that it is expected to happen or that it ought to happen.
- be to blame — to be at fault or culpable
- beachcomber — A beachcomber is someone who spends their time wandering along beaches looking for things they can use.
- beachmaster — a bull fur seal having its own territory in the breeding grounds.