14-letter words containing b, o, y
- performability — the quality of being performable
- phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
- phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
- plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
- point-by-point — detailed and deliberate; taking every point into consideration
- polarizability — to cause polarization in.
- polycarboxylic — of or like a polycarboxylate
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- potbelly stove — a usually cast-iron wood- or coal-burning stove having a large, rounded chamber.
- processability — capable of being processed.
- productibility — the ability to produce
- protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protopresbyter — a title given to distinguished priests.
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- public holiday — national day off work
- queen's bounty — king's bounty.
- raise eyebrows — cause surprise
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- record library — a collection of records belonging to an individual or an organization, for people to borrow usually without payment
- recoverability — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- red chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
- relocatability — constructed so as to be movable; portable, prefabricated, or modular: relocatable classroom units.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- restiform body — a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
- rhombenporphyr — an intermediate igneous rock embedded with rhombus-shaped crystals
- road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- school library — a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
- scoresby sound — a heavily indented arm of the Norwegian Sea in E Greenland.
- sea gooseberry — a comb jelly, especially of the genus Pleurobrachia.
- secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- sherry cobbler — a cobbler drink made with sherry, sliced fruits, and ice.
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
- st. marylebone — former metropolitan borough of London: since 1965, part of Westminster
- statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
- subconsciously — existing or operating in the mind beneath or beyond consciousness: the subconscious self. Compare preconscious, unconscious.
- subcontrariety — the quality or state of being subcontrary
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- symbolic logic — a modern development of formal logic employing a special notation or symbolism capable of manipulation in accordance with precise rules.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- the upper body — the part of the body above the waist