12-letter words containing a, s, e, y
- autocatalyse — to cause an internal, self-produced, chemical reaction
- autoeciously — in an autoecious manner
- autogenously — In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
- axisymmetric — being symmetrical around an axis
- baby's-tears — a mosslike plant, Soleirolia (or Helxine) soleirolii, of the nettle family, native to Corsica and Sardinia, having small, roundish leaves and minute flowers.
- bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
- barley sugar — Barley sugar is a sweet made from boiled sugar.
- bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
- bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
- bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
- beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty sleep — sleep, esp sleep before midnight
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- bell's palsy — a usually temporary paralysis of the muscles of the face, normally on one side
- biscay green — a yellowish green.
- biscayne bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Florida, separating the cities of Miami and Miami Beach.
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- blue-sky law — a state law regulating the trading of securities: intended to protect investors from fraud
- body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
- body scanner — a machine using X-rays and a computer, used in medicine to look for signs of disease, or in security operations to look for drugs, weapons, etc
- bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
- bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
- brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathe easy — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- by all means — You can say 'by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something.
- by any means — in any way possible; at all; somehow
- by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
- by the balls — so as to be rendered powerless
- by wholesale — at wholesale
- by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- calcareously — in a calcareous manner
- calycoideous — calycoid
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- caraway seed — the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of this plant, used in cooking and in medicine
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- carey street — (formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated
- carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- case-by-case — considering each case individually rather than considering several cases together as a whole
- cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- caste system — the division of Hindu society into four major hereditary classes