9-letter words containing o, y
- bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
- bell buoy — a navigational buoy fitted with a bell, the clapper of which strikes when the waves move the buoy
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bevin boy — (in Britain during World War II) a young man selected by ballot to work in a coal mine instead of doing conventional military service
- bi-hourly — occurring every two hours.
- bialystok — a city in E Poland.
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
- big money — Big money is an amount of money that seems very large to you, especially money which you get easily.
- bigotedly — in a bigoted manner
- biliously — in a bilious or bad manner
- billycock — any of several round-crowned brimmed hats of felt, such as the bowler
- bimonthly — A bimonthly event or publication happens or appears every two months.
- bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
- biography — A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else.
- biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
- biorhythm — a cyclically recurring pattern of physiological states in an organism or organ, such as alpha rhythm or circadian rhythm; believed by some to affect physical and mental states and behaviour
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bitty box — (abuse) (Or "calculator") /bit'ee boks/ A computer sufficiently small, primitive, or incapable as to cause a hacker acute claustrophobia at the thought of developing software on or for it. The term is especially used of small, obsolescent, single-tasking-only personal computers such as the Atari 800, Osborne, Sinclair, VIC-20, TRS-80 or IBM PC, but the term is a general pejorative opposite of "real computer" (see Get a real computer!). See also mess-dos, toaster, toy.
- blackbody — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
- bless you — You can say 'bless you' to someone who has just sneezed.
- 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.
- bobby pin — A bobby pin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself, which someone uses to hold their hair in position.
- bobby sox — indicating or associated with the wearing of bobbysocks; adolescent: strictly a bobbysocks crowd; the bobbysocks generation.
- bobbysock — ankle-length sock worn esp by teenage girls
- bobsy-die — fuss; confusion; pandemonium (esp in the phrases kick up bobsy-die, play bobsy-die)
- bodh gaya — a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.
- 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 copy — the main part of an advertisement, as opposed to headlines, etc
- body drop — a judo throw executed by grabbing the opponent as one is turning one's back and then extending a leg to pull the opponent down over it.
- body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
- body mass — the ratio of a person's weight to their height
- body mike — a microphone attached to the body
- body odor — Body odor is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.
- body part — a part of a human body
- 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 shop — a place where the bodywork of motor vehicles is built or repaired
- body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
- body type — type used in the main text of printed matter, generally less than 14 points.
- body wave — Geology. a transverse or longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth (distinguished from surface wave).
- body wrap — a beauty treatment in which the body is covered in lotion and wrapped tightly in strips of cloth in order to promote weight loss or improve skin tone
- body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
- body-mike — to equip with a body mike: The star was body-miked, but he was still inaudible.
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- body-surf — to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard