9-letter words containing a, b, o, m
- ballrooms — Plural form of ballroom.
- balmorals — Plural form of balmoral.
- balsamico — Balsamic vinegar.
- baltimore — a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop: 628 670 (2003 est)
- bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- barenboim — Daniel. born 1942, Israeli concert pianist and conductor, born in Argentina
- barnstorm — When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows.
- barometer — A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is changing.
- barometre — (nonstandard) Alternative form of barometer.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- bath bomb — a ball of carbonates and scent that is placed in bath water to dissolve and impart supposedly therapeutic properties to the water
- bathrooms — Plural form of bathroom.
- batmobile — (slang) To proceed in a fast, urgent, or reckless way, especially in a vehicle.
- batswoman — a female batsman
- batswomen — Plural form of batswoman.
- beachcomb — to search for and collect objects such as seashells and driftwood along the seashore
- beadledom — petty officialdom
- beam hole — a hole in the shield of a nuclear reactor through which a beam of radiation, esp of neutrons, is allowed to escape for experimental purposes
- beclamour — to clamour excessively
- beggardom — beggary (def 2).
- beglamour — to endow with glamour
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bicompact — compact1 (def 7).
- binominal — of or denoting the binomial nomenclature
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- biomarker — a distinct biochemical, genetic, or molecular characteristic or substance that is an indicator of a particular biological condition or process: a blood test to measure protein biomarkers for cancer.
- biomasses — Ecology. the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat.
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
- boardroom — The boardroom is a room where the board of a company meets.
- body mass — the ratio of a person's weight to their height
- body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- bohr atom — See under Bohr theory.
- boilerman — a man who looks after boilers
- boltzmann — Ludwig (ˈluːtvɪç). 1844–1906, Austrian physicist. He established the principle of the equipartition of energy and developed the kinetic theory of gases with J. C. Maxwell
- 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.
- 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