10-letter words containing n, y, o
- body count — the number of people killed
- body punch — a blow to the body of an opponent
- bon voyage — You say 'bon voyage' to someone who is going on a journey, as a way of saying goodbye and wishing them good luck.
- bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
- bonus baby — an athlete who is paid a substantial bonus to sign his or her first professional contract.
- bony bream — an Australian freshwater clupeid fish, Fluvialosa richardsonii
- boot money — unofficial bonuses in the form of illegal cash payments made by a professional sports club to its players
- boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
- botany bay — an inlet of the Tasman Sea, on the SE coast of Australia: surrounded by the suburbs of Sydney
- bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
- bounty bag — a set of free samples, such as nappies and creams, given to mothers leaving hospital with a new baby
- box canyon — a canyon with vertical or almost vertical walls
- boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
- boy wonder — a young man who is extremely good at a particular activity or who has a particular talent or skill
- brontobyte — 1027 or 290 bytes
- broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
- brown eyes — eyes with brown irises
- buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
- bunny chow — a dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- by dint of — If you achieve a result by dint of something, you achieve it by means of that thing.
- by oneself — be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
- byssinosis — a lung disease caused by prolonged inhalation of fibre dust in textile factories
- cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
- call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
- candy corn — a small candy shaped and colored to look like a kernel of corn.
- candy-coat — sugarcoat (def 2).
- candyfloss — Candyfloss is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- canon city — a town in central Colorado.
- canonicity — the fact or quality of being canonical
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- capnomancy — divination by observing smoke patterns
- carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- ceylon tea — a tea from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- chardonnay — a white grape originally grown in the Burgundy region of France, and now throughout the wine-producing world
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chirognomy — the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events
- chiromancy — palmistry
- chlorinity — the amount of chlorine present in water, esp sea-water
- chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
- choanocyte — any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum
- chronicity — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.