8-letter words containing u, y
- autotypy — (dated, photography) An early photographic process that produced autotypes using a carbon pigment.
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- auxology — (biology) The study of growth.
- ayacucho — a city in SE Peru: nearby is the site of the battle (1824) that won independence for Peru. Pop: 150 000 (2005 est)
- ayurveda — an ancient medical treatise on the art of healing and prolonging life, sometimes regarded as a fifth Veda
- b supply — a battery or other source of power for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube.
- babruysk — a city in SE Belarus, in Europe, SE of Minsk.
- bayreuth — a city in E Germany, in NE Bavaria: home and burial place of Richard Wagner; annual festivals of his music. Pop: 74 818 (2003 est)
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- belly up — If a company goes belly up, it does not have enough money to pay its debts.
- bellyful — as much as one wants or can eat
- beyrouth — Beirut.
- bihourly — occurring every two hours
- biscuity — tasting or smelling of biscuit
- bistoury — a long surgical knife with a narrow blade
- blousily — in the manner of a blouse
- blubbery — of, containing, or like blubber; fat
- blue jay — a common, crested North American jay (Cyanocitta cristata) with a blue upper body and head
- blue sky — fanciful; impractical: blue-sky ideas.
- blue-sky — of or denoting theoretical research without regard to any future application of its result
- blurrily — in a blurry manner
- blustery — Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.
- body rub — massage.
- bodysuit — A bodysuit is a piece of women's clothing that fits tightly over the top part of the body and fastens between the legs.
- bodysurf — to engage in the sport of surfing while lying prone on a wave without the use of a surfboard
- boundary — The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- bradbury — Sir Malcolm (Stanley). 1932–2000, British novelist and critic. His novels include The History Man (1975), Rates of Exchange (1983), Cuts (1988), and Doctor Criminale (1992)
- broguery — the use of a brogue or accent
- brutally — savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village.
- buccally — from the point of view of the cheek or mouth
- buck-eye — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Aesculus, as A. glabra (Ohio buckeye) having palmate leaves, gray, scaly bark, and bell-shaped greenish-yellow flowers in upright clusters: the state tree of Ohio.
- buckstay — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- buddy up — comrade or chum (often used as a term of address).
- bug-eyed — A bug-eyed person or animal has eyes that stick out.
- bulawayo — a city in SW Zimbabwe founded (1893) on the site of the kraal of Lobengula, the last Matabele king; the country's main industrial centre. Pop: 693 000 (2005 est)
- bulb fly — a hoverfly, the larvae of which live in bulbs and can become serious pests, esp the yellow and black narcissus bulb fly (Meridon equestris)
- bulk-buy — to buy (goods) in large quantities
- bull bay — evergreen magnolia.
- bulldyke — a mannish lesbian
- bullocky — the driver of a team of bullocks
- bullseye — the circular spot, usually black or outlined in black, at the center of a target marked with concentric circles and used in target practice.
- bullyboy — a ruffian or tough, esp a hired one
- bullying — the intimidation of weaker people
- bullyism — the belief in systematic bullying
- bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
- bulrushy — made of or resembling bulrushes
- bunchily — in a bunchy manner
- buoyance — the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
- buoyancy — Buoyancy is the ability that something has to float on a liquid or in the air.
- buraydah — a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)