10-letter words containing u, y
- assumingly — in a presuming manner
- assuringly — In an assuring manner.
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- audibility — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- auditorily — in an auditory manner, by hearing
- aunt sally — a figure of an old woman's head, typically with a clay pipe, used in fairgrounds and fêtes as a target for balls or other objects
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- authourity — Obsolete form of authority.
- autography — the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- autolysate — the substances resulting as the end product of autolysis
- autolysins — Plural form of autolysin.
- autonymous — (of a word or words) appearing in its own form or directly quoted
- autoplasty — surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
- autopsying — Present participle of autopsy.
- autotrophy — (in certain plants and bacteria) the process of making food from inorganic substances, using photosynthesis
- autumnally — belonging to or suggestive of autumn; produced or gathered in autumn: autumnal colors.
- auxotrophy — the inability to synthesize particular growth factors, due to mutational changes
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby bonus — family allowance
- baby buggy — A baby buggy is a small folding seat with wheels, which a young child can sit in and which can be pushed around.
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
- bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
- bay laurel — a small evergreen Mediterranean laurel, Laurus nobilis, with glossy aromatic leaves, used for flavouring in cooking, and small blackish berries
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- begrudgery — resentment of any person who has achieved success or wealth
- belly-bust — belly-flop.
- berryfruit — any edible berry such as a raspberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant, or strawberry
- beryl blue — a light greenish blue.
- biannually — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- billy budd — a novella (1924) by Herman Melville.
- billy club — billy (def 1).
- billy-club — billy (def 1).
- biosurgery — the use of live sterile maggots to treat patients with infected wounds
- blissfully — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
- bloomsbury — a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- blue poppy — a papaveraceous plant, Meconopsis betonicifolia, grown for its showy sky-blue flowers
- blue wavey — See under wavey.
- bluest eye — a novel (1970) by Toni Morrison.
- blurringly — in a manner which causes blurring
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- body count — the number of people killed
- body fluid — any of various types of fluid found in the body of a human or animal, as blood or urine.
- body louse — See under louse (def 1).
- body odour — Body odour is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.
- body punch — a blow to the body of an opponent