12-letter words containing m, e, s, b
- beth shammai — the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish teacher Shammai and characterized by an austere or rigid interpretation of Jewish law and tradition.
- betweentimes — between other activities; during intervals
- bicameralism — having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bilateralism — the practice of being bilateral
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
- bioterrorism — Bioterrorism is terrorism that involves the use of biological weapons.
- bismarck sea — an arm of the Pacific Ocean north of New Britain and north-east of New Guinea
- bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
- black stream — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.
- blamableness — the state of being blamable
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- blimpishness — actions or behaviour akin to those of the fictional character of Colonel Blimp, or the quality of resembling this character
- blind-emboss — blind-stamp.
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- blood sample — an amount of a person's blood taken from their body for use in medical tests
- blue helmets — armed troops under the sponsorship of the United Nations, used for peacekeeping
- blue jasmine — a southern U.S. shrubby vine, Clematis crispa, of the buttercup family, having solitary, bell-shaped, blue or bluish-purple to pink flowers and bearing fruit with silky appendages.
- blue swimmer — an edible bluish Australian swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus
- boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
- bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
- bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
- bomb shelter — a shelter, usually underground, in which people take refuge from bomb attacks
- bombacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bombacaceae, a family of tropical trees, including the kapok tree and baobab, that have very thick stems, often with water-storing tissue
- bonus number — (in the National Lottery) a number announced after the normal six numbers which influences the amount of prize money paid
- bonus scheme — a scheme in a company or other organization according to which employees receive a bonus if they meet specified targets
- book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder
- boomer state — Oklahoma
- booster pump — A booster pump is a pump which is used where pressure is low and needs to be increased.
- bosom friend — an intimate friend
- bottom house — the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars
- bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
- bottomlessly — from a bottomless point of view
- bradmanesque — (of a batsman or innings) reminiscent of Sir Don Bradman in terms of dominance over the opposing bowlers
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- breastsummer — a girder extending across a large opening in a building to support the wall above, used primarily over shop-fronts
- brine shrimp — any of a genus (Artemia) of small fairy shrimp found in salt lakes and marshes and used as living, frozen, or dried food in aquariums
- bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
- buddy system — (in swimming and scuba diving) the practice of pairing swimmers, each being responsible for the other's safety.
- burmese jade — jadeite of the finest quality: a true jade.
- by all means — You can say 'by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something.
- by any means — in any way possible; at all; somehow
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- chambersburg — a city in central Pennsylvania.
- circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.