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11-letter words containing m, r

  • biedermeier — of or relating to a decorative and furnishing style in mid-19th-century Germany, characterized by solidity and conventionality
  • bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which traditional exercises are performed at high temperature and humidity
  • bimillenary — marking a two-thousandth anniversary
  • bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
  • bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
  • binary form — a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice
  • biomaterial — a synthetic material used in prostheses or the replacement of natural body tissues
  • biometrical — pertaining to biometry
  • biomorphism — a painted, drawn, or sculptured free form or design suggestive in shape of a living organism, especially an ameba or protozoan: The paintings of Joan Miró are often notable for their playful, bright-colored biomorphs.
  • bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
  • bismarckian — of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.
  • bisymmetric — showing symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other
  • black bream — a dark-coloured food and game fish, Acanthopagrus australis, of E Australian seas
  • black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
  • black maria — a police van for transporting prisoners
  • bladderworm — cysticercus
  • blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
  • blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
  • blood serum — blood plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed
  • bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
  • bloody mary — A Bloody Mary is a drink made from vodka and tomato juice.
  • blue marlin — a large marlin, Makaira nigricans, occurring worldwide in warm and temperate seas, highly prized in sportfishing and as a food fish.
  • blue murder — If you say that someone screams blue murder or screams bloody murder, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of noise or fuss about something that they do not like.
  • blue myrtle — blueblossom.
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
  • 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
  • bone marrow — Bone marrow is the soft fatty substance inside human or animal bones.
  • boojum tree — a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers.
  • 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
  • bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  • brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
  • braggartism — the activity of a braggart
  • brahmachari — a student of the Vedas, especially one committed to brahmacharya.
  • brahmajnana — jnana.
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