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12-letter words containing i, b, y

  • birch family — the plant family Betulaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves, male flowers in drooping catkins, female flowers in short clusters, and one-seeded nuts, and including the alder, birch, hazel, and hornbeam.
  • bird of prey — A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.
  • birth family — one's biological parents and siblings, as contrasted with one's adoptive family.
  • birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
  • biscay green — a yellowish green.
  • biscayne bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Florida, separating the cities of Miami and Miami Beach.
  • black friday — the day after the US Thanksgiving Day in late November, regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season
  • blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
  • blood typing — the classification of human blood cells to determine compatible blood types as for transfusion or organ transplant
  • bloodthirsty — Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.
  • bloody shirt — something, as a political issue or historical event, that can be used to stir up outrage, partisan support, etc.
  • body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
  • body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
  • body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
  • body popping — a dance style involving muscular jerking of the upper body
  • body repairs — repairs to the bodywork of cars
  • bodyboarding — the sport of surfing using a bodyboard
  • bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
  • boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
  • bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
  • bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
  • book society — book club.
  • bootylicious — sexually attractive, esp with curvaceous buttocks
  • bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
  • 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.
  • bourgeoisify — to convert to a bourgeois attitude or appearance
  • brachycranic — having a cranial index of 81.0–85.4.
  • bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
  • bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
  • 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
  • brushability — the quality of being brushable
  • 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 boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
  • bunny rabbit — rabbit
  • buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
  • bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
  • butyric acid — type of acid
  • buying group — an association of companies who use their combined purchasing power to achieve the best prices from suppliers
  • buying order — an order to buy a certain security
  • buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
  • buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
  • buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • by my certie — assuredly
  • by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
  • by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
  • bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
  • byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
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