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11-letter words containing m, b, o

  • borborygmus — rumbling of the stomach
  • boring clam — piddock
  • boring mill — a large vertical lathe having a rotating table on which work is secured. Tools are held on a fixed post and the work is rotated around it
  • bosom buddy — close friend
  • botanomancy — a form of divination in which tree branches or leaves are burnt
  • bottom bolt — a bolt at the bottom of a door or the like, sliding into a socket in the floor or sill and equipped with a device for keeping it raised when the door is not fastened.
  • bottom fish — any fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, as a flounder or catfish
  • bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
  • bottom heat — heat artificially applied to a container in which plants are grown in order to induce their germination, rooting, or growth.
  • bottom lady — a pimp's most reliable prostitute.
  • bottom land — bottom (def 4).
  • bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
  • bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
  • bottom time — the total time, in minutes, from the beginning of a descent to the beginning of an ascent.
  • bottom-fish — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • boumedienne — Houari (ˈhaʊərɪ). 1927–78, Algerian statesman and soldier: president of Algeria (1965–78) after overthrowing Ben Bella in a coup
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  • bow compass — a compass for drawing, in which the legs are joined by a flexible metal bow-shaped spring rather than a hinge, the angle being adjusted by a screw
  • bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
  • branchiform — shaped like a gill.
  • bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
  • broken home — a family in which one parent is absent, usually due to divorce or desertion: children from broken homes.
  • bromic acid — a colourless unstable water-soluble liquid used as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Formula: HBrO3
  • bromidrosis — the production of foul-smelling perspiration
  • bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
  • broom board — baseboard (def 1).
  • broomballer — a person who plays broomball
  • brush broom — Northeastern U.S. a whisk broom.
  • bryophyllum — a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae with the ability to produce plantlets on their leaves or floral stems
  • buddy movie — a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
  • bumbershoot — an umbrella
  • bumble-foot — an inflammatory condition of the feet of birds, usually caused by an infection
  • bumper crop — large harvest
  • bumper pool — a pool game played on a small, often octagonally shaped table with two pockets, having strategically placed cushioned pegs on the playing surface, usually necessitating bank shots to sink balls.
  • burgomaster — the chief magistrate of a town in Austria, Belgium, Germany, or the Netherlands; mayor
  • bushelwoman — a woman who alters clothes
  • bust a move — go, leave
  • buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
  • by means of — If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
  • by no means — on no account; in no way
  • cabbageworm — any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
  • cable modem — (communications, hardware)   A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
  • camp robber — Canada jay
  • campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
  • car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
  • carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
  • carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
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