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11-letter words containing i, b, y

  • ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
  • balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
  • bankability — acceptable for processing by a bank: bankable checks and money orders.
  • banteringly — in a bantering fashion
  • baptismally — In a baptismal way; through baptism.
  • baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
  • barbary fig — prickly pear.
  • barley wine — an exceptionally strong beer
  • barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
  • baroclinity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
  • barycentric — Of or relating to the center of gravity.
  • baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
  • basil thyme — a plant, Acinos thymoides, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves and purplish flowers.
  • basil-thyme — a European plant, Acinos arvensis, having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers: family Lamiaceae
  • basipetally — in the manner of a basipetal
  • bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
  • batting eye — the batter's visual appraisal of balls pitched toward home plate.
  • bay of pigs — a bay on the SW coast of Cuba: scene of an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by US-backed troops (April 17, 1961)
  • bay village — a city in N central Ohio.
  • bayonetting — (British) present participle of bayonet.
  • be dirty on — to be offended by or be hostile towards
  • bearability — the quality of being able to be borne
  • beastiality — Misspelling of bestiality.
  • beautifully — in a beautiful manner
  • beautifying — Present participle of beautify.
  • befittingly — suitable; proper; becoming: planned with a befitting sense of majesty.
  • believingly — with belief; in a believing manner
  • belize city — a port and the largest city in Belize, on the Caribbean coast: capital until 1973, when that function was transferred inland to Belmopan owing to hurricane risk. Pop: 53 000 (2005 est)
  • bellicosity — inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
  • bellyaching — constant complaining
  • benactyzine — a crystalline drug, C20H25NO3, used to make tranquilizers
  • benedictory — of, giving, or expressing benediction.
  • beneficiary — Someone who is a beneficiary of something is helped by it.
  • benignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
  • berkeleyism — any philosophical system or doctrine derived from the views of Bishop Berkeley.
  • berylliosis — a lung disease caused by inhaling beryllium
  • beryllonite — a mineral, sodium beryllium phosphate, NaBePO 4 , occurring in colorless or light-yellow crystals, sometimes used as a gemstone.
  • beseemingly — in a manner that is beseeming
  • besiegingly — in an urgent or important manner
  • bible story — a story from the Bible
  • bibliolatry — excessive devotion to or reliance on the Bible
  • bibliomancy — prediction of the future by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, esp the Bible
  • bibliophily — the love of books
  • bicentenary — A bicentenary is a year in which you celebrate something important that happened exactly two hundred years earlier.
  • biconvexity — the characteristic of having two convex surfaces
  • biddability — the condition or quality of being biddable
  • biddy-biddy — a low-growing rosaceous plant, Acaena viridior of New Zealand, having prickly burs
  • big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
  • bigeye scad — a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
  • bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which traditional exercises are performed at high temperature and humidity
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