12-letter words containing b, o, y
- liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
- libidinosity — lustfulness
- libidinously — In a libidinous manner.
- library book — a book owned by a library
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- lloyd webber — (Sir) Andrew, born 1948, English composer of musical theater.
- loblolly bay — an evergreen tree, Gordonia lasianthus, of the tea family, having fragrant, long-stalked white flowers and egg-shaped fruit.
- loblolly boy — an assistant to the surgeon on board a ship.
- locomobility — the ability to move from one place to another
- longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
- longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
- lubriciously — In a lubricious manner.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- 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.
- microbiology — study of microorganisms
- microbrewery — a brewery producing less than 15,000 barrels per year and usually concentrating on exotic or high quality beer.
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- 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.
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- 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.
- nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
- 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.