12-letter words containing b, o, y
- objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
- obligatorily — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- off broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- off-broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
- olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
- olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- on your bike — away you go
- 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
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- 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.
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- peroxyborate — perborate.
- phlebography — venography.
- 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.
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- 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.
- polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- polysyllabic — consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
- polysyllable — a polysyllabic word.
- 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.
- possessed by — spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power (often followed by by, of, or with): The army fought as if possessed. The village believed her to be possessed of the devil.
- 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.
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- radiobiology — the branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation on living matter.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ride a hobby — to be excessively devoted to one's favorite pastime or subject