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12-letter words containing b, o, y

  • bomb factory — a site or building in which terrorists illicitly and secretly create bombs
  • bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
  • bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
  • bonnyclabber — clotted or curdled milk
  • boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
  • book society — book club.
  • bootleg play — a play in which the quarterback pretends to hand the ball to a teammate, hides it by placing it next to his hip, and runs with it.
  • bootylicious — sexually attractive, esp with curvaceous buttocks
  • bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
  • bothy ballad — a folk song, esp one from the farming community of NE Scotland
  • botrytis rot — a disease of many plants caused by fungi of the genus Botrytis, characterized by leaf blight, a tan-gray moldlike surface growth, and the rotting of stems and storage organs.
  • bottle party — a party to which guests bring drink
  • bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
  • bottomlessly — from a bottomless point of view
  • boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
  • bounden duty — duty one has a moral obligation to perform
  • bourgeoisify — to convert to a bourgeois attitude or appearance
  • boyoma falls — a series of seven cataracts in the NE Democratic Republic of Congo, on the upper River Congo: forms an unnavigable stretch of 90 km (56 miles), which falls 60 m (200 ft)
  • brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
  • break of day — dawn; daybreak.
  • bring to bay — to force into a position from which retreat is impossible
  • bronchoscopy — an examination by means of a bronchoscope.
  • buffaloberry — any shrub of the genus Shepherdia native to North America
  • bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
  • buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
  • bus topology — bus
  • buying group — an association of companies who use their combined purchasing power to achieve the best prices from suppliers
  • buying order — an order to buy a certain security
  • buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
  • buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • by deed poll — In Britain, if you change your name by deed poll, you change it officially and legally.
  • by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
  • by the dozen — in large quantities
  • by the score — If things happen or exist by the score, they happen or exist in large numbers.
  • by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
  • by wholesale — at wholesale
  • bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
  • 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
  • cape cod bay — a part of Massachusetts Bay, enclosed by the Cape Cod peninsula.
  • carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
  • carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
  • carbon cycle — the circulation of carbon between living organisms and their surroundings. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is synthesized by plants into plant tissue, which is ingested and metabolized by animals and converted to carbon dioxide again during respiration and decay
  • carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
  • carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
  • carotid body — a small mass of cells and nerve endings adjacent to the carotid sinus that, in response to chemical changes in the blood, adjusts the respiratory rate.
  • carry-on bag — a small bag that is taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger
  • cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
  • cell biology — the study of the biology of cells
  • cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
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