9-letter words containing mb
- bomb belt — a belt carrying explosives which is worn around the waist by a suicide bomber
- bomb hoax — a hoax consisting of telling the authorities that a bomb has been planted in a public place when in fact it hasn't
- bomb rack — a device for carrying bombs in or under the fuselage of an aircraft.
- bomb site — A bomb site is an empty area where a bomb has destroyed all the buildings.
- bombarded — to attack or batter with artillery fire.
- bombarder — a person or thing which bombards
- bombardon — a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
- bombazine — a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombproof — capable of withstanding the impact of bombs
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- bombsight — a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- bombycoid — relating to moths of the family Bombycidae
- brambling — a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
- broomball — a sport similar to ice hockey, played without skates and with a specially designed broom
- bujumbura — the capital of Burundi, a port at the NE end of Lake Tanganyika. Pop: 419 000 (2005 est)
- bumblebee — A bumblebee is a large hairy bee.
- bumbledom — self-importance in a minor office
- buzz bomb — a robot bomb, esp. as used against England by Germany in WWII
- calembour — a pun
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambiform — resembling a cambium
- cambodian — of or relating to Cambodia or its inhabitants
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- camembert — Camembert is a type of cheese that comes from Northern France. It is soft and creamy with a white skin.
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- carambola — a tree, Averrhoa carambola, probably native to Brazil but cultivated in the tropics, esp SE Asia, for its edible fruit
- carambole — to make a carom
- catacombs — an underground burial place, esp the galleries at Rome, consisting of tunnels with vaults or niches leading off them for tombs
- chambered — having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
- chamberer — someone who attends to a bed chamber; chambermaid or chamberlain
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- choriambs — Plural form of choriamb.
- cimbaloms — Plural form of cimbalom.
- clambakes — Plural form of clambake.
- clambered — an act or instance of clambering.
- clamberer — A person who clambers.
- climbable — to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only: to climb up a ladder.
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- co-member — a fellow member of a particular group or organization
- cockscomb — the comb of a domestic cock
- colombard — a white grape grown in France, California, and Australia, used for making wine
- colombian — Colombian means belonging or relating to Colombia or its people or culture.
- columbary — a dovecote
- columbate — any salt of columbic acid