12-letter words containing b, o, y, t
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- mother's boy — mama's boy.
- motorbicycle — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- newtownabbey — a town in Northern Ireland, in Newtownabbey district, Co Antrim on Belfast Lough: the third largest town in Northern Ireland, formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of seven villages; light industrial centre, esp for textiles. Pop: 62 056 (2001)
- nonarbitrary — decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
- noncelebrity — a person who is not a celebrity
- nonliability — Absence of legal liability.
- nonsymbiotic — Not symbiotic.
- nonviability — The state or condition of being nonviable; impracticality.
- note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
- obligatorily — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- pastry board — a flat board on which pastry is rolled
- pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peroxyborate — perborate.
- photobiology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
- phytobiology — the branch of biology dealing with plants.
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
- port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- probationary — the act of testing.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- rotary table — A rotary table is a revolving part which turns the drill string.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- set store by — an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
- sooty blotch — a disease, especially of apples and pears, characterized by sootlike spots or blotches on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Gloeodes pomigena.