12-letter words containing o, y
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- beyond reach — inaccessible
- bibliography — A bibliography is a list of books on a particular subject.
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- binary color — secondary color.
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- bio-security — the precautions taken to protect against the spread of lethal or harmful organisms and diseases
- bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biocoenology — the branch of ecology concerned with the relationships and interactions between the members of a natural community
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- biogeography — the branch of biology concerned with the geographical distribution of plants and animals
- biologically — pertaining to biology.
- biorhythmics — the study of biorhythms
- biosociology — the study of the evolution of social forms and the development of social behavior in terms analogous to or correlated with biological studies.
- biosynthesis — the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- 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
- 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 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.
- black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- blood supply — the flow of blood to different parts of the body
- 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.
- blow by blow — precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step: a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.
- blow-by-blow — A blow-by-blow account of an event describes every stage of it in great detail.
- blue succory — a composite garden plant, Catananche caerulea, of southern Europe, having very hairy leaves and blue flower heads, used by the ancients as a love potion.
- boarder baby — an infant or young child who is abandoned or orphaned and left in a hospital for lack of a foster home.
- bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
- body bolster — the lower transverse member of a car body to which the body center plate is attached.
- 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
- body scanner — a machine using X-rays and a computer, used in medicine to look for signs of disease, or in security operations to look for drugs, weapons, etc
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- 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.
- boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
- bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
- boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
- bomb factory — a site or building in which terrorists illicitly and secretly create bombs
- bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone