12-letter words containing i, b, 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
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- battery fire — the firing of a battery of weapons
- be in embryo — Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development.
- beatifically — bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- belaying pin — a cylindrical, sometimes tapered pin, usually of metal or wood, that fits into a hole in a pin or fife rail: used for belaying
- belligerency — the state of being at war
- belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
- beseechingly — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- bi-quarterly — occurring twice in each quarter of a year.
- bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
- bicarpellary — (of an ovary) having two carpels
- bicycle bell — a bell attached to a bicycle, used to warn others on the road
- bicycle clip — one of a pair of clips worn around the ankles by cyclists to keep the trousers tight and out of the chain
- bicycle kick — a kick in which a player throws himself into the air feet first, then kicks the ball backward over his own head
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bicycle pump — a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
- bicycle race — cycling (def 2).
- bicycle rack — a metal frame for securing bicycles when they are not in use
- bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- billy wilder — Billy (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.
- binary color — secondary color.
- 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.
- biocoenology — the branch of ecology concerned with the relationships and interactions between the members of a natural community
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- biogeography — the branch of biology concerned with the geographical distribution of plants and animals
- biologically — pertaining to biology.
- biorhythmics — the study of biorhythms
- biosociology — the study of the evolution of social forms and the development of social behavior in terms analogous to or correlated with biological studies.
- 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