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11-letter words containing m, o

  • bodhidharma — 6th century ad, Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism
  • body armour — Body armour is special protective clothing which people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
  • body combat — a type of fitness programme in which individuals perform non-contact martial arts moves to music
  • body rhythm — biorhythm.
  • body warmer — a sleeveless type of jerkin, usually quilted, worn as an outer garment for extra warmth
  • boeremusiek — a variety of light music associated with the culture of the Afrikaners
  • bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
  • boiler room — any room in a building (often in the basement) that contains a boiler for central heating, etc
  • boilermaker — a person who works with metal in heavy industry; plater or welder
  • bokmakierie — a large yellow shrike, Telephorus zeylonus, of southern Africa, known for its melodious song
  • bomb crater — the crater in the ground, pavement, etc, left in the aftermath of an explosion
  • bomb damage — damage to buildings, etc caused by the explosion of a bomb
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • bombay duck — a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried with curry dishes as a savoury
  • bombilation — a humming or buzzing sound, for example that of a bee
  • bombination — to make a humming or buzzing noise.
  • bombing run — the part of a flight of a bomber aircraft that brings it to the point over a target at which its bombs are released
  • bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
  • bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
  • bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
  • bone marrow — Bone marrow is the soft fatty substance inside human or animal bones.
  • bonne femme — prepared in simple style, as in a cream sauce containing mushrooms: fillet of sole bonne femme.
  • bontempelli — Massimo. 1878–1960, Italian dramatist, poet, novelist, and critic. His works include the play Nostra Dea (1925) and the novel The Faithful Lover (1953)
  • boojum tree — a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
  • boolean sum — Mathematics. symmetric difference.
  • boomeranger — a young adult who returns to live with parents after a period of living away from home.
  • 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.
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