12-letter words containing l, y
- bayonet bulb — an electric light bulb which is inserted into the socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
- bearded lady — a woman with a beard, esp in a circus or freakshow
- beatifically — bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
- beauty salon — A beauty salon is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty sleep — sleep, esp sleep before midnight
- bedraggledly — In a bedraggled manner.
- 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
- bell's palsy — a usually temporary paralysis of the muscles of the face, normally on one side
- belligerency — the state of being at war
- belly button — Your belly button is the small round thing in the centre of your stomach.
- belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
- belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- belly-buster — belly flop.
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- benevolently — characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
- benzaldehyde — a yellowish fragrant volatile oil occurring in almond kernels and used in the manufacture of dyes, perfumes, and flavourings and as a solvent for oils and resins. Formula: C6H5CHO
- benzyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 7 –, derived from toluene.
- berkeley 4.2 — Berkeley Software Distribution
- 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
- 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.
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biocoenology — the branch of ecology concerned with the relationships and interactions between the members of a natural community
- biologically — pertaining to biology.
- biosociology — the study of the evolution of social forms and the development of social behavior in terms analogous to or correlated with biological studies.
- 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
- 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.
- birth family — one's biological parents and siblings, as contrasted with one's adoptive family.
- black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
- black bryony — a climbing herbaceous Eurasian plant, Tamus communis, having small greenish flowers and poisonous red berries: family Dioscoreaceae
- black canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada: site of Boulder Dam.