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11-letter words containing b, e, y

  • buy-to-fret — denoting the practice of buying a property to let to tenants during a period when property values are falling
  • by force of — If something happens by force of a particular quality, action, or set of circumstances, it happens because of the nature or intensity of that quality, action, or set of circumstances.
  • by means of — If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
  • by my certy — assuredly
  • by no means — on no account; in no way
  • by order of — according to the command of
  • by the book — according to the rules; in the prescribed or usual way
  • by the head — with the bow deeper in the water than the stern
  • by the neck — (of a bottle of beer) served unpoured
  • by yourself — If you are by yourself, you are alone.
  • by-election — A by-election is an election that is held to choose a new member of parliament when a member has resigned or died.
  • byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
  • cable-ready — (of a television or VCR) able to receive cable television directly, without the need for special reception or decoding equipment.
  • cackleberry — a hen's egg used for food.
  • cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
  • candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
  • carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
  • carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
  • carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
  • carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
  • casselberry — a city in central Florida.
  • cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
  • celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
  • certifiably — capable of being certified.
  • chaleur bay — an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
  • chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
  • cherry bomb — a powerful firecracker that is shaped like a cherry
  • chrysoberyl — a rare very hard greenish-yellow mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in orthorhombic crystalline form and occurring in coarse granite: used as a gemstone in the form of cat's eye and alexandrite. Formula: BeAl2O4
  • chuck-berryCharles Edward Anderson ("Chuck") born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
  • cockeye bob — a sudden storm or cyclone
  • coffeeberry — an evergreen shrub, Rhamnus californica, of the buckthorn family, common in the western U.S., having small, greenish flowers and red fruit that turns black, grown as a bee plant.
  • combatively — In a combative way.
  • combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
  • comedy club — a club where stand-up comedians perform
  • commendably — worthy of praise: She did a commendable job of informing all the interested parties.
  • conceivably — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
  • convertibly — In a convertible manner.
  • copy member — copybook
  • credibility — If someone or something has credibility, people believe in them and trust them.
  • crown derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
  • currycombed — Simple past tense and past participle of currycomb.
  • cyberattack — an attempt to damage or disrupt a computer system, or obtain information stored on a computer system, by means of hacking
  • cyberethics — Ethics in cyberspace.
  • cyberfriend — A friend with whom one communicates only through the Internet or cyberspace.
  • cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
  • cybernetics — Cybernetics is science which involves studying the way electronic machines and human brains work, and developing machines that do things or think like people.
  • cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
  • cybersafety — Safety in using the Internet.
  • cyberselves — Plural form of cyberself.
  • cyberskills — Skills in using computer technology.
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