10-letter words containing b, o, y
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- hu yaobang — 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.
- hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
- human body — the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- hydrophobe — a hydrophobic substance.
- hydrophoby — Archaic form of hydrophobia.
- hygrophobe — a plant that grows best with little or no moisture
- hyoid bone — the horseshoe-shaped bone that lies at the base of the tongue and above the thyroid cartilage or a corresponding bone or group of bones in other vertebrates
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperboles — Plural form of hyperbole.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypoblasts — Plural form of hypoblast.
- hypsophobe — a person who suffers from hypsophobia
- ignobility — of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
- immobility — the quality or condition of being immobile or irremovable.
- impossibly — not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- improbably — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- in my book — In my book means 'in my opinion' or 'according to my beliefs'.
- incubatory — the act or process of incubating.
- inexorably — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- inhibitory — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- insobriety — lack of sobriety or moderation; intemperance; drunkenness.
- insociably — in an insociable manner
- inviolably — prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary; an inviolable promise.
- isobutyric — Of or pertaining to isobutyric acid or its derivatives.
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jockey box — a glove compartment, especially in a truck.
- johnny reb — U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- jolly boat — a light boat carried at the stern of a sailing vessel.
- jollyboats — Plural form of jollyboat.
- joy buzzer — a device used for a practical joke with a handshake, concealed in the palm of the hand and producing a buzzing sound and an unpleasant vibrating sensation when it is pressed against the victim's hand.
- jubilatory — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- kabaragoya — The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
- keyboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of keyboard.
- keyboarder — One who keyboards; a typist.
- laboratory — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- labour day — a holiday in honor of labor, celebrated on May 1 in Britain and some parts of the Commonwealth, but on the first Monday in September in Canada, on the fourth Monday in October in New Zealand, and with varying dates in the different states of Australia.
- lay aboard — (formerly) to move alongside a warship to board it
- lay before — If you lay an idea or piece of information before someone, you present it to them in detail, usually in order to obtain their approval or advice.
- lay sb low — If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill.
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- little boy — the code name for the uranium-fueled atomic bomb dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima in 1945.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- lovability — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- mama's boy — a boy or man showing excessive attachment to or dependence on his mother.
- mobile bay — a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, in SW Alabama: Civil War naval battle 1864. 36 miles (58 km) long; 8–18 miles (13–29 km) wide.