10-letter words containing m, s, b
- blastomere — any of the cells formed by cleavage of a fertilized egg
- blepharism — spasm of the eyelids, causing rapid involuntary blinking
- blimpishly — in a blimpish manner
- blithesome — cheery; merry
- block mast — a short mast from the head of which a lateen yard is suspended.
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- bloomsburg — a city in E central Pennsylvania.
- bloomsbury — a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices
- boehmenism — the mystical doctrines or conceptions of Jakob Böhme.
- boehmenist — a supporter or adherent of Boehmenism.
- bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bomb blast — the impact caused by a bomb
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- bomb squad — a squad or force of police officers or others trained to disarm bombs and other explosive devices.
- bonamiasis — a disease affecting oysters, caused by the parasite Bonamia ostreae
- bondswoman — a woman who is bound or who by bond becomes surety for another.
- bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
- boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
- boskop man — the undated cranial remains of a possible Homo sapiens found in the Transvaal of South Africa.
- bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
- bottomless — If you describe a supply of something as bottomless, you mean that it seems so large that it will never run out.
- bottommost — lowest or most fundamental
- bottomness — the number of bottom antiquarks minus the number of bottom quarks in a particle
- bottoms up — Some people say bottoms up to each other just before drinking an alcoholic drink.
- boulangism — the doctrines of militarism and reprisals against Germany, advocated, especially in the 1880s, by the French general Boulanger.
- bourbonism — support for the rule of the Bourbons, the European royal line that ruled in France, Spain, and Naples and Sicily at various times in the late 16th to early 20th centuries
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
- brahmanism — the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism, characterized by diversified pantheism, the caste system, and the sacrifices and family ceremonies of Hindu tradition
- brahminism — Brahmanism
- brain stem — the portion of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord and comprises the medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, and parts of the hypothalamus, functioning in the control of reflexes and such essential internal mechanisms as respiration and heartbeat.
- brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
- bravissimo — very well done! excellent!
- brewmaster — a person who is in charge of brewing beer in a brewery
- bridesmaid — A bridesmaid is a woman or a girl who helps and accompanies a bride on her wedding day.
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- britishism — Briticism
- bromegrass — any of various grasses of the genus Bromus, having small flower spikes in loose drooping clusters. Some species are used for hay
- bromsgrove — a town in W central England, in N Worcestershire. Pop: 29 237 (2001)
- broomstaff — a broomstick
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- brugmansia — any of various solanaceous plants of the genus Brugmansia, native to tropical American regions and closely related to daturas, having sweetly scented flowers
- brundisium — Brindisi
- bsp method — (programming) A CASE method from IBM.
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- bull moose — a member of the Progressive Party led by Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912
- bullionism — a person who advocates a system in which currency is directly convertible to gold or silver.
- bum's rush — forcible ejection, as from a gathering
- bump start — a method of starting a motor vehicle by engaging a low gear with the clutch depressed and pushing it or allowing it to run down a hill until sufficient momentum has been acquired to turn the engine by releasing the clutch
- bumpkinish — like a bumpkin