9-letter words containing o, y, l
- bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
- blow away — If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- blue onyx — jasper stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
- body belt — a wide belt used to support the back, or to provide protection or warmth
- body blow — A body blow is something that causes great disappointment and difficulty to someone who is trying to achieve something.
- body cell — somatic cell.
- body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
- body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
- body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- boil away — When you boil away a liquid, or when it boils away, it is boiled until all of it changes into steam or vapour.
- boilingly — in a boiling manner
- bold type — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in a dictionary
- bollywood — the Indian film industry
- boomingly — in a booming manner
- botchedly — in a botched or clumsy manner
- boundedly — having bounds or limits.
- brotherly — A man's brotherly feelings are feelings of love and loyalty which you expect a brother to show.
- bulbosity — the quality of being bulbous
- bully-boy — If you describe a man as a bully-boy, you disapprove of him because he is rough and aggressive.
- bully-off — a method by which a game is restarted after a stoppage. Two opposing players stand with the ball between them and alternately strike their sticks together and against the ground three times before trying to hit the ball
- bumpology — phrenology
- buoyantly — in a happy, confident manner
- busy-loop — tight loop
- byelostok — a city in E Poland.
- cacodylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the cacodyl group.
- calcedony — Alt form chalcedony.
- caliology — the study of birds' nests
- callosity — hardheartedness
- callously — made hard; hardened.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- carpology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of fruits and seeds
- cartology — the theory or science of mapmaking
- celiotomy — laparotomy (def 2).
- cell body — the compact area of a nerve cell that constitutes the nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm, excluding the axons and dendrites.
- ceylonese — of or relating to Ceylon or its inhabitants
- ceylonite — a dark blue or black form of spinel
- charcoaly — resembling charcoal
- chernobyl — a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986
- chirology — Palm reading.
- chocolaty — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- cholecyst — the gallbladder
- chorology — the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- claymores — Plural form of claymore.
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- climatory — Having to do with climate.