8-letter words containing o, a, m
- babeldom — a state of noisy confusion resembling that at Babel
- backcomb — to comb the under layers of (the hair) towards the roots to give more bulk to a hairstyle
- backmost — furthest back
- backroom — A backroom is a room that is situated at the back of a building, especially a private room.
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- bacronym — Alternative spelling of backronym.
- bad form — If you say that it is bad form to behave in a particular way, you mean that it is rude and impolite.
- badmouth — (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- bag moth — a moth, the larvae of which develop in bags or cases
- bagwoman — a woman who collects, carries, or distributes illegal payoff money.
- bagworms — Plural form of bagworm.
- ballroom — A ballroom is a very large room that is used for dancing.
- balmoral — a laced walking shoe
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- barogram — the record of atmospheric pressure traced by a barograph or similar instrument
- barometz — a type of Asian fern, Cibotium barometz, the woolly rhizoma of which is thought to resemble a lamb
- barrooms — Plural form of barroom.
- bathroom — A bathroom is a room in a house that contains a bath or shower, a washbasin, and sometimes a toilet.
- batwoman — a female servant in any of the armed forces
- beaumont — a city in SE Texas. Pop: 112 434 (2003 est)
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- belamour — a beloved person
- belmopan — (since 1973) the capital of Belize, about 50 miles inland: founded in 1970. Pop: 10 000 (2005 est)
- bemoaned — to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
- bemoaner — a person who bemoans
- bergamot — a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bimanous — (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet
- binomial — a mathematical expression consisting of two terms, such as 3x + 2y
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- biodrama — a drama based on the life of an actual person or persons.
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- biramous — divided into two parts, as the appendages of crustaceans
- bismanol — a highly ferromagnetic alloy of bismuth and manganese, having a high degree of magnetic force.
- blastoma — a tumour composed of embryonic tissue that has not yet developed a specialized function
- blowlamp — A blowlamp is a device which produces a hot flame, and is used to heat metal or remove old paint.
- boardman — a member of a board
- boatsman — boatman.
- boehmian — of or relating to Boehmenism.
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- bohemian — Bohemian means belonging or relating to Bohemia or its people.
- bomb bay — a part of military aircraft where the bombs are stored
- bombable — able to be bombed, undefended against bombing; targetable
- bombarde — an alto wind instrument similar to the oboe or medieval shawm, used mainly in Breton traditional music
- bombilla — a tube or drinking straw with a strainer at one end, especially for drinking maté.
- bombload — (of a vehicle of war) the quantity of bombs being carried or able to be carried
- bonamano — a tip or gratuity
- bonampak — ancient Mayan site in Chiapas, S Mexico: discovered in 1946.
- bondmaid — an unmarried female serf or slave
- bondsman — a person bound by bond to act as surety for another