11-letter words containing b, o, y
- brown study — a mood of deep absorption or thoughtfulness; reverie
- bryophyllum — a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae with the ability to produce plantlets on their leaves or floral stems
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- bucolically — of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.
- buddy movie — a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
- bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- bush oyster — a bull's testicle when cooked and eaten
- butyl group — any of four univalent isomeric groups having the formula C 4 H 9 –.
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
- buy-to-fret — denoting the practice of buying a property to let to tenants during a period when property values are falling
- by all odds — the probability that something is so, will occur, or is more likely to occur than something else: The odds are that it will rain today.
- 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 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 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.
- carbocyclic — (of a chemical compound) containing a closed ring of carbon atoms
- carbon copy — If you say that one person or thing is a carbon copy of another, you mean that they look or behave exactly like them.
- carbon-copy — a duplicate of anything written or typed, made by using a photocopier or, formerly, by using carbon paper. Abbreviation: cc. a copy of an email or other electronic document that is sent to one or more people in addition to the primary addressee. Abbreviation: cc.
- 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
- 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.
- cherry bomb — a powerful firecracker that is shaped like a cherry
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- 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
- 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.
- coilability — the ability to be coiled
- combat duty — active service
- combatively — In a combative way.
- combativity — Synonym of combativeness.
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- combinatory — combinative
- combustibly — In a combustible manner.
- comedy club — a club where stand-up comedians perform
- comfortably — If you do something comfortably, you do it easily.
- commendably — worthy of praise: She did a commendable job of informing all the interested parties.
- comorbidity — the occurrence of more than one illness or condition at the same time
- conceivably — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- concubinary — of, relating to, or living in concubinage.
- conformably — With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
- connubially — As in marriage.
- convertibly — In a convertible manner.