12-letter words containing b, t, y
- bloody shirt — something, as a political issue or historical event, that can be used to stir up outrage, partisan support, etc.
- body bolster — the lower transverse member of a car body to which the body center plate is attached.
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
- boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
- bomb factory — a site or building in which terrorists illicitly and secretly create bombs
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- book society — book club.
- bootleg play — a play in which the quarterback pretends to hand the ball to a teammate, hides it by placing it next to his hip, and runs with it.
- bootylicious — sexually attractive, esp with curvaceous buttocks
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- bothy ballad — a folk song, esp one from the farming community of NE Scotland
- botrytis rot — a disease of many plants caused by fungi of the genus Botrytis, characterized by leaf blight, a tan-gray moldlike surface growth, and the rotting of stems and storage organs.
- bottle party — a party to which guests bring drink
- bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
- bottomlessly — from a bottomless point of view
- bounden duty — duty one has a moral obligation to perform
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathalyzer — A Breathalyzer is a bag or electronic device that the police use to test whether a driver has drunk too much alcohol.
- breathe easy — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- bridal party — the people who accompany the bride as she comes to her wedding
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- brigham city — a city in N Utah.
- bring to bay — to force into a position from which retreat is impossible
- brush turkey — any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
- buddy system — (in swimming and scuba diving) the practice of pairing swimmers, each being responsible for the other's safety.
- bully pulpit — If someone in a prominent job or position publicly expresses their opinions about a particular subject, you can say that they are using their job or position as a bully pulpit.
- bunny rabbit — rabbit
- bus topology — bus
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- butyl rubber — a copolymer of isobutene and isoprene, used in tyres and as a waterproofing material
- butyric acid — type of acid
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- by my certie — assuredly
- by the balls — so as to be rendered powerless
- by the dozen — in large quantities
- by the score — If things happen or exist by the score, they happen or exist in large numbers.
- by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- carotid body — a small mass of cells and nerve endings adjacent to the carotid sinus that, in response to chemical changes in the blood, adjusts the respiratory rate.
- cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities