12-letter words containing i, d, y
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- bermuda lily — a lily, Lilium longiflorum eximium, having white, funnel-shaped flowers, cultivated especially as an Easter lily.
- bewilderedly — in a bewildered manner
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- bicycle shed — a shed for bicycle storage
- billy wilder — Billy (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.
- binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- 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.
- birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
- black friday — the day after the US Thanksgiving Day in late November, regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season
- 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.
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- 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
- 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 order — an order to buy a certain security
- calycoideous — calycoid
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
- cardiography — electrocardiograph.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- carotid body — a small mass of cells and nerve endings adjacent to the carotid sinus that, in response to chemical changes in the blood, adjusts the respiratory rate.
- carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- cathodically — in a cathodic manner, by using a cathode
- cetylic acid — palmitic acid.
- chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
- child's play — something that is easy to do
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- city academy — (in England and Wales) a type of secondary school funded partly by the government and partly by private finance