10-letter words containing m, i, l, b
- bimestrial — lasting for two months
- bimetallic — consisting of two metals
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- biopolymer — a large molecule in a living organism
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- blimpishly — in a blimpish manner
- blind-worm — a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- blithesome — cheery; merry
- bloomfield — Leonard. 1887–1949, US linguist, influential for his strictly scientific and descriptive approach to comparative linguistics; author of Language (1933)
- bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bookmobile — a vehicle providing lending library facilities
- bottle imp — Cartesian diver.
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- broomfield — a city in N central Colorado.
- bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
- bumbailiff — (formerly) an officer employed to collect debts and arrest debtors for nonpayment
- bumblingly — in a bumbling manner
- burlingame — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1820–70, U.S. diplomat.
- burnt lime — calcium oxide; quicklime
- burnt-lime — Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- buttermilk — Buttermilk is the liquid that remains when fat has been removed from cream when butter is being made. You can drink buttermilk or use it in cooking.
- catabolism — a metabolic process in which complex molecules are broken down into simple ones with the release of energy; destructive metabolism
- chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
- choliambic — relating to or in the form of choliambs
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- clambering — of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.
- climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
- climb-down — a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
- columbaria — Irregular plural form of columbarium.
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- combinable — capable of combining or being combined.
- combinedly — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- comestible — food
- compatible — If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully.
- compatibly — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- competible — (obsolete) Compatible.
- compilable — (computing) That can be compiled.
- compliable — compliant
- cor blimey — an exclamation of surprise or annoyance
- crumblings — any pieces of matter which have crumbled or fallen from a larger part
- debt limit — (in public finance) the legal maximum debt permitted a municipal, state, or national government.
- demobilise — to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
- demobilize — If a country or armed force demobilizes its troops, or if its troops demobilize, its troops are released from service and allowed to go home.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disembroil — to free from embroilment, entanglement, or confusion.
- disselboom — One of the poles supporting a wagon.