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12-letter words containing b, t, y

  • bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
  • bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
  • bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
  • bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
  • bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
  • bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
  • battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
  • battery farm — a farm that uses batteries for raising poultry
  • battery fire — the firing of a battery of weapons
  • battery-parkThe, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City.
  • battle array — the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons in a battle
  • battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
  • battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
  • bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
  • bayonet bulb — an electric light bulb which is inserted into the socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
  • beatifically — bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
  • beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
  • beauty quark — bottom quark
  • beauty queen — A beauty queen is a woman who has won a beauty contest.
  • beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
  • beauty sleep — sleep, esp sleep before midnight
  • beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
  • belly button — Your belly button is the small round thing in the centre of your stomach.
  • belly-buster — belly flop.
  • belt highway — beltway (def 1).
  • benevolently — characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
  • betws-y-coed — a village in N Wales, in Conwy county borough, on the River Conwy: noted for its scenery. Pop: 534 (2001)
  • beyond doubt — You say that something is beyond doubt or beyond reasonable doubt when you are certain that it is true and it cannot be contradicted or disproved.
  • bi-quarterly — occurring twice in each quarter of a year.
  • bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
  • bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
  • binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
  • binocularity — binocular characteristics
  • bio-security — the precautions taken to protect against the spread of lethal or harmful organisms and diseases
  • bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
  • biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
  • biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
  • biorhythmics — the study of biorhythms
  • biosynthesis — the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms
  • biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
  • biotelemetry — the monitoring of biological functions in humans or animals by means of a miniature transmitter that sends data to a distant point to be read by electronic instruments
  • biparentally — from a biparental point of view
  • birth family — one's biological parents and siblings, as contrasted with one's adoptive family.
  • birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
  • black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
  • blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
  • blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
  • block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
  • blood typing — the classification of human blood cells to determine compatible blood types as for transfusion or organ transplant
  • bloodthirsty — Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.
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