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12-letter words containing b, e, l, o, y

  • molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
  • monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
  • monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
  • monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
  • motorbicycle — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
  • movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
  • neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
  • neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • noncelebrity — a person who is not a celebrity
  • nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
  • note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
  • obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
  • octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
  • olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
  • oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
  • palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
  • palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
  • paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
  • phlebography — venography.
  • photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
  • polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
  • polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
  • polyribosome — polysome.
  • polysyllable — a polysyllabic word.
  • proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
  • psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
  • public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
  • questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
  • rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
  • reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
  • reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
  • rollaway bed — a bed on castors
  • roller derby — a race on roller skates, esp one involving aggressive tactics
  • rotary table — A rotary table is a revolving part which turns the drill string.
  • sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
  • solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
  • tolerability — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
  • toynbee hall — a residential settlement in East London, named after Arnold Toynbee (1852–83), a British economist and social reformer
  • triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
  • unbecomingly — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
  • unemployable — unsuitable for employment; unable to find or keep a job.
  • unnoticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
  • unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
  • unreasonably — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
  • unseasonably — not seasonable; being out of season; unseasonal: unseasonable weather.
  • untroubledly — in an untroubled manner
  • unvoyageable — not able to be sailed or otherwise journeyed over; untraversable; innavigable
  • verbal irony — irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
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