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15-letter words containing n, i, m

  • ball ammunition — live small-arms ammunition
  • bangtail muster — a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
  • bar examination — a written examination to determine if one is qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction.
  • barium titanate — a crystalline ceramic used in capacitors and piezoelectric devices. Formula: BaTiO3
  • barry mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria: part of the Australian Alps
  • basic statement — protocol (def 6).
  • basse-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: consists of the Cherbourg peninsula in the west rising to the Normandy hills in the east; mainly agricultural
  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • bathing machine — a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes
  • bathing-machine — a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.
  • battery farming — the activity of using batteries for raising poultry
  • be of two minds — to be undecided or irresolute
  • bear animalcule — tardigrade (def 3).
  • bear comparison — to be sufficiently similar in class or range to be compared with (something else), esp favourably
  • bedtime reading — a book, magazine etc read at bedtime
  • beginning rhyme — the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words; alliteration, as in The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.
  • benefit payment — a payment of money by the government to people who are ill, unemployed, poor or who have children
  • bide one's time — to wait patiently for an opportunity
  • billing machine — a business machine used to itemize and total customer accounts, produce bills, post account records, etc.
  • billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
  • binomial series — an infinite series obtained by expanding a binomial raised to a power that is not a positive integer.
  • bioaccumulation — the process in which industrial waste, toxic chemicals, etc. gradually accumulate in living tissue
  • bioluminescence — the production of light by living organisms as a result of the oxidation of a light-producing substance (luciferin) by the enzyme luciferase: occurs in many marine organisms, insects such as the firefly, etc
  • biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
  • bit-mapped font — a computer font whose characters are held in memory as series of dots.
  • bituminous coal — a soft black coal, rich in volatile hydrocarbons, that burns with a smoky yellow flame. Fixed carbon content: 46–86 per cent; calorific value: 1.93 × 107 – 3.63 × 107 J/kg
  • black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
  • bladder campion — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Silene vulgaris, having white flowers with an inflated calyx
  • blenheim orange — a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
  • blenheim palace — a palace in Woodstock in Oxfordshire: built (1705–22) by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 1st Duke of Marlborough as a reward from the nation for his victory at Blenheim; gardens laid out by Henry Wise and Capability Brown; birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill (1874)
  • blindman's buff — a game in which a blindfolded player has to catch and identify another player
  • blow one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • bombing mission — a major bomb attack on a specific target or series of targets
  • bookmaking firm — an organization that accepts bets from gamblers and pays out winnings
  • boston marriage — (especially in 19th-century New England) an intimate friendship between two women often maintaining a household together.
  • botulinum toxin — a pharmaceutical formulation of botulin used in minute doses to treat various forms of muscle spasm and for the cosmetic removal of wrinkles
  • bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
  • brazilian plume — a tropical American plant, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, having hairy, prominently veined leaves and a short, dense cluster of purple or pink flowers, grown in greenhouses or outdoors in warm regions.
  • britannia metal — an alloy of low melting point consisting of tin with 5–10 per cent antimony, 1–3 per cent copper, and sometimes small quantities of zinc, lead, or bismuth: used for decorative purposes and for bearings
  • broken pediment — a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.
  • brompheniramine — a substance, C 16 H 19 BrN 2 , used as an antihistamine in the management of various allergies, as hay fever.
  • brother-in-arms — a fellow soldier or comrade in a shared struggle
  • brown-tail moth — a white moth, Nygmia phaerrhoea, having a brown tuft at the end of the abdomen, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of various shade and fruit trees.
  • brownian motion — the irregular motion of small particles suspended in a liquid or a gas, caused by the bombardment of the particles by molecules of the medium: first observed by Robert Brown in 1827.
  • buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
  • building permit — a permit for construction work
  • bulimia nervosa — a disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting: sometimes associated with anxiety about gaining weight
  • bureau of mines — a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1910, that studies the nation's mineral resources and inspects mines.
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