12-letter words containing b, o, y, s
- by wholesale — at wholesale
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- collywobbles — an upset stomach
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- conscionably — being in conformity with one's conscience; just.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- courtesy bus — a free bus
- cowboy boots — Cowboy boots are high, leather boots, similar to those worn by cowboys.
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- cryptobiosis — a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cyber mosque — a website dealing with Islamic religious matters
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- dyer's-broom — woadwaxen.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- fibrinolysin — a proteolytic enzyme, formed in the blood from plasminogen, that causes the breakdown of the fibrin in blood clots.
- fibrinolysis — the disintegration or dissolution of fibrin, especially by enzymatic action.
- food subsidy — a financial aid supplied by a government, as to industry, farmers, or consumers, in order to make low-cost food available to the poor
- fosbury flop — a modern high-jumping technique whereby the jumper clears the bar headfirst and backwards
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- hobbledehoys — Plural form of hobbledehoy.
- hydrocarbons — 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 .
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- inconsolably — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- indissolubly — not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- insolubility — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
- irresolvably — In an irresolvable manner.
- job analysis — a detailed study of the requirements necessary to complete a job, taking into consideration chiefly the order of operation, material and machinery needed, and the necessary qualifications of workers.
- job security — chances of staying in employment
- keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
- kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
- labouriously — Alternative form of laboriously.
- lay store by — to value or reckon as important
- libidinosity — lustfulness