12-letter words containing n, t, m
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- backcourtman — any of the players stationed in the backcourt; a guard
- balletomanes — Plural form of balletomane.
- balletomania — passionate enthusiasm for ballet
- ballottement — a technique of feeling for a movable object in the body, esp confirmation of pregnancy by feeling the rebound of the fetus following a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus
- banquet room — A banquet room is a room in a hotel where large formal meals for many people can be held.
- bantamweight — A bantamweight is a boxer who weighs between 51 and 53.5 kilograms, or a wrestler who weighs between 52 and 57 kilograms. A bantamweight is heavier than a flyweight but lighter than a featherweight.
- barnstormers — Plural form of barnstormer.
- barnstorming — A barnstorming performance is full of energy and very exciting to watch.
- basementless — without a basement
- basketmaking — The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
- battlemented — Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
- beam antenna — an antenna that transmits its radiation in a particular direction.
- beaumontague — a cement-like substance used to fill in and hide cracks and holes in woodwork and metalwork
- bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- beech marten — stone marten.
- befuddlement — to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments: politicians befuddling the public with campaign promises.
- belittlement — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- bequeathment — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- betweentimes — between other activities; during intervals
- bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
- bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
- biocomputing — the application of computing to problems in biology, biochemistry, and genetics
- biomagnetics — the study of magnetic fields as a form of therapy
- biomagnetism — animal magnetism.
- biometrician — a person who is knowledgeable about biometry
- bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
- biting mania — an epidemic in which people have a compulsion to bite others, as in 15th-century Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
- biting midge — any small fragile dipterous fly of the family Ceratopogonidae, most of which suck the blood of mammals, birds, or other insects
- bitter lemon — a non-alcoholic, fizzy drink with a lemon flavour
- bitter melon — balsam pear.
- blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
- blind summit — a point on a road where a vehicle approaching the top of a hill or incline cannot see vehicles approaching up the other side of the hill
- bloemfontein — a city in central South Africa: capital of Free State province and judicial capital of the country. Pop: 111 698 (2001)
- blossom into — the flower of a plant, especially of one producing an edible fruit.
- boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
- bottom round — a cut of beef taken from outside the round, which is below the rump and above the upper leg.
- bottom-liner — a person, as an executive, accountant, or stockholder, who puts the net profits of a business ahead of all other considerations.
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- brain tumour — a tumour that is situated in the brain
- brainstormer — a person who brainstorms
- bromoacetone — a colorless and highly toxic liquid, CH 2 BrCOCH 3 , used as a lachrymatory compound in tear gas and chemical warfare gas.
- bromomethane — methyl bromide.
- bud mutation — a variation produced by a genetic alteration in the bud such that the seeds produced by the resulting growth perpetuate the change in succeeding generations.
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- calceamentum — (in ancient Rome) a sandal, boot, shoe, or other type of footwear
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.