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11-letter words containing b, r, y, o, n

  • exorbitancy — Alternative form of exorbitance.
  • forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally
  • fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
  • glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
  • goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
  • gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
  • granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
  • hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
  • honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
  • hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
  • hybrid corn — a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
  • hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
  • hyperborean — Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
  • intolerably — not tolerable; unendurable; insufferable: intolerable pain.
  • keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
  • lingonberry — mountain cranberry.
  • marionberry — a cross between a loganberry and a blackberry
  • memory bank — the complete records, archives, or the like of an organization, country, etc.
  • monkey bars — children's climbing frame
  • monohybrids — Plural form of monohybrid.
  • moribundity — in a dying state; near death.
  • neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
  • neoytterbia — A former name of ytterbium.
  • newburyport — a city in NE Massachusetts.
  • nitrobenzyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any of three isomeric univalent radicals derived from nitrobenzene.
  • nonverbally — In a nonverbal manner.
  • observantly — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
  • observingly — Attentively, observantly.
  • obsignatory — (obsolete) Ratifying; confirming by sealing.
  • onyx marble — Mexican onyx.
  • parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
  • prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
  • pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
  • responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
  • rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
  • ribbon copy — the original copy of a number of typewritten copies (distinguished from carbon copy).
  • rock blenny — a prickleback, Xiphister mucosus, of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska.
  • rugby union — a form of rugby football played between teams of 15 players
  • ruling body — authority, group in charge
  • salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • snobography — an account or description of snobs
  • stony brook — a town in N Long Island, in SE New York.
  • stony-broke — completely without money; penniless
  • subcontrary — one of two propositions that can both be true but cannot both be false.
  • subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
  • subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
  • subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
  • teenybopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
  • unbrotherly — not brotherly
  • unfavorably — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
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