13-letter words containing b, o, y
- benzoyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 5 O–, derived from benzoic acid.
- berkeley logo — (language) A Logo interpreter by Brian Harvey <[email protected]>. Berkeley Logo programs will run on Unix, IBM PC, or Macintosh. It doesn't do anything fancy about graphics and only allows one turtle. Version: 4.6, as of 2000-03-21.
- beyond a joke — If you say that an annoying or worrying situation is beyond a joke, you are emphasizing that it is worse than you think is fair or reasonable.
- beyond belief — You use beyond belief to emphasize that something is true to a very great degree or that it happened to a very great degree.
- beyond number — too numerous to be counted
- beyond recall — If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
- bible society — a Christian organization devoted to the printing and distribution of the Bible.
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
- bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
- binary weapon — a chemical weapon consisting of a projectile containing two substances separately that mix to produce a lethal agent when the projectile is fired
- bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
- biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
- biopsychology — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
- biospeleology — the study of organisms that live in caves.
- biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
- biotechnology — Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- bite your lip — If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
- black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
- black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
- black hickory — a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn
- blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
- blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
- blastomycosis — a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs
- bloody caesar — a drink consisting of vodka, juice made from clams and tomatoes, and usually Worcester sauce and hot pepper sauce
- bloody sunday — (in Northern Ireland) 30th January 1972, when British soldiers shot dead thirteen marchers in Londonderry who were protesting against the UK government's policy of internment
- bloody-minded — If you say that someone is being bloody-minded, you are showing that you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are being deliberately difficult instead of being helpful.
- blot analysis — a technique for analysing biological molecules, such as proteins (Western blot analysis), DNA (Southern blot analysis), and RNA (Northern blot analysis), involving their separation by gel electrophoresis, transfer to a nitrocellulose sheet, and subsequent analysis by autoradiography
- blow sky-high — to destroy completely
- blue-eyed boy — Someone's blue-eyed boy is a young man who they like better than anyone else and who therefore receives better treatment than other people.
- boardroom pay — the salaries and bonuses given to the directors of a company
- bobby dazzler — a person or thing that is outstanding or excellent.
- bobby-dazzler — anything outstanding, striking, or showy, esp an attractive girl
- bodily injury — The bodily injury section of a liability insurance policy usually covers hospital bills for the injured parties as well as related expenses such as rehabilitation, medicines, and lost income.
- body and soul — You use body and soul to mean every part of you, including your mind and your emotions.
- body brussels — a carpet made with three-ply or four-ply worsted yarn drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern over the entire surface (body Brussels) or made of worsted or woolen yarns on which a pattern is printed (tapestry Brussels)
- body building — the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.
- body language — Your body language is the way in which you show your feelings or thoughts to other people by means of the position or movements of your body, rather than with words.
- body piercing — the practice of making holes in the navel , nipples, etc so that jewellery can be worn in them
- body shopping — the purchasing of manpower from another country, usually one where wages are cheap
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- body stocking — A body stocking is a piece of clothing that covers the whole of someone's body and fits tightly. Body stockings are often worn by dancers.
- body-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points at the centers of the unit cells.
- bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
- bombax family — the plant family Bombacaceae, typified by tropical deciduous trees having palmate leaves, large and often showy solitary or clustered flowers, and dry fruit with a woolly pulp, and including the baobab and silk-cotton tree.
- bonnet monkey — an Indian macaque, Macaca radiata, with a bonnet-like tuft of hair
- booby-trapped — (of a building, vehicle, etc) planted with a booby trap
- borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.