11-letter words containing a, b, y
- flamboyants — Plural form of flamboyant.
- flowability — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- foreseeably — In a manner that could be foreseen.
- formability — the capacity of a material, as sheet steel, to be readily bent, stamped, shaped, etc.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- ftp by mail — A service offered by DEC to allow people without Internet access to get copies of files which are available by anonymous FTP. Send a message with just the word "help" in the body to <[email protected]>.
- gamble away — lose through gambling
- glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- gossypiboma — (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body during surgery.
- gradability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
- gymnophobia — An inordinate fear or hatred of being naked, and possibly nudity or nudists and naturists.
- hangability — the ability to be hanged
- hard by sth — If one thing is hard by another, it is very close to it.
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- holiday job — a temporary job taken by a person during their holidays from school, college or university
- honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- hydroborate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several anions containing hydrogen bound to boron, especially the simplest one BH4-; any salt or complex containing such an anion.
- hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrophobia — rabies.
- hyperboreal — Hyperborean.
- hyperborean — Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
- hypercarbia — (medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypnophobia — An abnormal fear of falling asleep.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypsophobia — an extreme or abnormal fear of heights
- illiberally — In an illiberal manner.
- illimitably — In an illimitable manner.
- imitability — capable or worthy of being imitated: She has many good, imitable qualities.
- immedicably — In an immedicable way; incurably.
- immitigably — In an immitigable manner.
- impermeably — In an impermeable manner.
- impitoyable — a type of large wine glass with a bowl shaped like a wide funnel to enhance the aromas.
- implausibly — In an implausible or dubious manner.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- in abeyance — If something is in abeyance, it is not operating or being used at the present time.
- inadvisably — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
- inalienably — not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied; not alienable: inalienable rights, freedoms, and liberties; an inalienable territory; inalienable principles and values.
- inalterably — In an inalterable way.
- indefinably — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
- indomitably — that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior.
- indubitably — that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.
- ineluctably — incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny. Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable. Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
- inequitably — not equitable; unjust or unfair: an inequitable decision.
- inescapably — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.