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