8-letter words that end in m
- benidorm — a coastal resort town in W Spain, on the Costa Blanca
- bensalem — urban township in SE Pa., near Philadelphia: pop. 58,000
- betacism — a type of speech impediment where the b sound is excessive
- biennium — a period of two years
- big room — (jargon, humour) The extremely large room with the blue ceiling and intensely bright light (during the day) or black ceiling with lots of tiny night-lights (during the night) found outside all computer installations. "He can't come to the phone right now, he's somewhere out in the Big Room."
- big-room — denoting a style of electronic music featuring regular beats and simple melodies, designed to be played in large venues
- binarism — the state of being binary
- bioplasm — living matter; protoplasm
- birdfarm — a place where birds are kept
- blackgum — Nyssa sylvatica, a deciduous tree of the genus Nyssa native to North America
- blenheim — a village in SW Germany, site of a victory of Anglo-Austrian forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugène of Savoy that saved Vienna from the French and Bavarians (1704) during the War of the Spanish Succession
- blokedom — the state of being a bloke
- blue gum — a tall fast-growing widely cultivated Australian myrtaceous tree, Eucalyptus globulus, having aromatic leaves containing a medicinal oil, bark that peels off in shreds, and hard timber. The juvenile leaves are bluish in colour
- bluestem — a name applied to a number of North American prairie grasses
- bogeyism — the recognition of or belief in the existence of ghosts or demons
- bollworm — any of various moth caterpillars, such as Pectinophora (or Platyedra) gossypiella (pink bollworm), that feed on and destroy cotton bolls
- boobyism — the quality of being boobyish
- bookworm — If you describe someone as a bookworm, you mean they are very fond of reading.
- bornholm — an island in the Baltic Sea, south of Sweden: administratively part of Denmark. Chief town: Rønne. Pop: 43 956 (2003 est). Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)
- bothrium — one of two groove-shaped suckers on the scolex of a tapeworm
- botulism — Botulism is a serious form of food poisoning.
- bovarism — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- box beam — a beam or girder built up from shapes and having a hollow, rectangular cross section.
- box loom — a loom with a number of shuttle boxes on one or both sides of the lay, enabling the weaver to use a variety of colors in the filling direction.
- box room — a storage room, especially one for trunks, suitcases, etc.
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- brachium — the arm, esp the upper part
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- brunizem — a type of dark prairie soil
- buddhism — Buddhism is a religion which teaches that the way to end suffering is by overcoming your desires.
- bullyism — the belief in systematic bullying
- bunkroom — temporary sleeping quarters, especially for travelers.
- byronism — of or relating to Lord Byron.
- cabalism — a mystical philosophical doctrine based on the doctrines of the cabala
- caffeism — a morbid condition caused by excessive caffeine intake
- caimacam — a Turkish governor of a sanjak
- caladium — any of various tropical plants of the aroid genus Caladium, which are widely cultivated as potted plants for their colourful variegated foliage
- callosum — (anatomy) corpus callosum.
- canadarm — a type of robotic arm, developed in Canada, used on space vehicles
- canticum — a canticle
- caodaism — an eclectic religion, originated in Cochin-China in 1926, combining Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucianist elements and affected to some extent by Christianity.
- capsicum — Capsicums are peppers.
- cardamom — Cardamom is a spice. It comes from the seeds of a plant grown in Asia.
- cardroom — a room for carding wool.
- caschrom — a wooden hand-plough used to till the ground in the northwest of Scotland
- caseworm — any of various insect larvae that build protective cases about their bodies
- casteism — the belief in, and adherence to, the caste system
- cementum — a thin bonelike tissue that covers the dentine in the root of a tooth
- centrism — (especially in continental Europe) a member of a political party of the Center; moderate.
- cepstrum — (mathematics) The Fourier transform of the logarithm of a spectrum; used especially in voice analysis.