10-letter words containing b, t, y
- bay wreath — (In Greek and Roman times) a wreath of laurel leaves, worn by a victor
- bayoneting — (US) present participle of bayonet.
- bayonetted — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of bayonet.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- beatifying — Present participle of beatify.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- belly girt — girth (def 2).
- belly tank — a fuel tank in the belly of a plane
- belly-bust — belly-flop.
- benin city — a city in S Nigeria, capital of Edo state: former capital of the kingdom of Benin. Pop: 1 022 000 (2005 est)
- benzoylate — to introduce the benzoyl group into (an organic compound).
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- berryfruit — any edible berry such as a raspberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant, or strawberry
- besottedly — in a besotted manner
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- beta decay — the radioactive transformation of an atomic nucleus accompanying the emission of an electron. It involves unit change of atomic number but none in mass number
- betacyanin — any one of a group of red nitrogenous pigments found in certain plants, such as beetroot
- betty lamp — an Early American lamp, consisting of a shallow, covered basin filled with oil, tallow, etc., providing fuel for a wick housed in a teapotlike spout, and often hung by a hook or suspended from a chain.
- betweenity — the state of lying between two extremes
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- bipedality — the quality of having two feet
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- bit by bit — If something happens bit by bit, it happens in stages.
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
- blast away — If a gun, or a person firing a gun, blasts away, the gun is fired continuously for a period of time.
- blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blood type — Someone's blood type is the same as their blood group.
- bluest eye — a novel (1970) by Toni Morrison.
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- body count — the number of people killed
- body forth — to give shape or form to
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- bog myrtle — sweet gale.
- booby-trap — A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched.
- boot money — unofficial bonuses in the form of illegal cash payments made by a professional sports club to its players
- booty bump — a method of administering the recreational drug methamphetamine, in which the drug is mixed with water then injected into the rectum with a needleless syringe
- booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
- bossyboots — a bossy or domineering person
- boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
- botany bay — an inlet of the Tasman Sea, on the SE coast of Australia: surrounded by the suburbs of Sydney
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- bounty bag — a set of free samples, such as nappies and creams, given to mothers leaving hospital with a new baby