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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 wilderBilly (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
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