11-letter words containing r, o, b, e, y
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
- cherry bomb — a powerful firecracker that is shaped like a cherry
- chrysoberyl — a rare very hard greenish-yellow mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in orthorhombic crystalline form and occurring in coarse granite: used as a gemstone in the form of cat's eye and alexandrite. Formula: BeAl2O4
- coffeeberry — an evergreen shrub, Rhamnus californica, of the buckthorn family, common in the western U.S., having small, greenish flowers and red fruit that turns black, grown as a bee plant.
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- convertibly — In a convertible manner.
- copy member — copybook
- crown derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
- currycombed — Simple past tense and past participle of currycomb.
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- day boarder — a child attending a boarding school who has meals at the school but sleeps at home
- day laborer — an unskilled worker paid by the day
- deoxyribose — a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of DNA. Formula: C5H10O4
- destroyable — Able to be destroyed.
- dobbs ferry — a town in SE New York.
- drummer boy — a young boy who in earlier times played a drum in the army and on the battlefield
- elaboratory — (obsolete) A laboratory.
- embryectomy — the surgical removal of an embryo
- embryoblast — A mass of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, that develops to form the embryo.
- embryologic — Embryological.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- embryopathy — (pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo.
- embryophyte — any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
- emery board — abrasive tool for shaping fingernails
- erodibility — the ability to erode
- erythorbate — erythorbic acid; a food additive used as an antioxidant
- exboyfriend — Alternative form of ex-boyfriend.
- exorbitancy — Alternative form of exorbitance.
- eyebrowless — having no eyebrows
- forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally
- foreseeably — In a manner that could be foreseen.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- freebootery — the practices of a freebooter
- goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- hobby-horse — You describe a subject or idea as your hobby-horse if you have strong feelings on it and like talking about it whenever you have the opportunity.
- hobbyhorses — Plural form of hobbyhorse.
- holly berry — a bitter, slightly poisonous berry that grows on holly trees or shrubs
- honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- hydroborate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several anions containing hydrogen bound to boron, especially the simplest one BH4-; any salt or complex containing such an anion.
- hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.