8-letter words containing o, y, a
- ayacucho — a city in SE Peru: nearby is the site of the battle (1824) that won independence for Peru. Pop: 150 000 (2005 est)
- baby boy — a male baby
- baby oil — oil for babies' skin
- baby-gro — an all-in-one babysuit made of stretchy material
- babycino — a drink of frothy milk with a chocolate topping, designed as an alternative to coffee for young children
- babydoll — a short sleeveless nightgown or dress with a loose skirt
- babyfood — food for babies, often puréed
- babyhood — Your babyhood is the period of your life when you were a baby.
- bacronym — Alternative spelling of backronym.
- ball boy — In a tennis match, the ball boys pick up any balls that go into the net or off the court and throw them back to the players. In a baseball game, the ball boys are in charge of collecting the balls that are hit out of the field.
- ballyboe — (Ireland, historical) A townland in Ulster.
- ballyhoo — You can use ballyhoo to refer to great excitement or anger about something, especially when you disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary or exaggerated.
- baloneys — Plural form of baloney.
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- beachboy — a male lifeguard on a beach
- bioassay — a method of determining the concentration, activity, or effect of a change to substance by testing its effect on a living organism and comparing this with the activity of an agreed standard
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- boatyard — A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept.
- bodanzky — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1877–1939, Austrian opera director and orchestra conductor: in the U.S. after 1915.
- body art — physical adornments such as tattoos and piercings
- body bag — A body bag is a specially designed large plastic bag which is used to carry a dead body away, for example when someone has been killed in a battle or an accident.
- body fat — the amount of fat on a person's body
- bodywear — close-fitting clothing, as leotards or bodysuits, made of lightweight, usually stretch fabrics and worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
- boğazköy — a village in central Asia Minor: site of the ancient Hittite capital
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- bomb bay — a part of military aircraft where the bombs are stored
- boneyard — a cemetery; graveyard
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- boongary — a tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi, of northeastern Queensland
- bot army — a group of computers, infected with malign programs via the internet, that can be controlled remotely to, for example, mount denial-of-service attacks
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
- boy band — A boy band is a band consisting of young men who sing pop music and dance. Boy bands are especially popular with teenage girls.
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
- bryozoan — any aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Bryozoa, forming colonies of polyps each having a ciliated feeding organ (lophophore)
- bulawayo — a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop: 693 000 (2005 est)
- buoyance — the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
- buoyancy — Buoyancy is the ability that something has to float on a liquid or in the air.
- buy boat — a boat sent out by a dealer to purchase the catches of fishing vessels.
- cacodoxy — an erroneous doctrine or heterodoxy
- cacology — a bad choice of words; faulty speech
- caconymy — the practice of coining caconyms
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.