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12-letter words containing y, a, b, l, o

  • labouriously — Alternative form of laboriously.
  • lay store by — to value or reckon as important
  • liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
  • library book — a book owned by a library
  • loblolly bay — an evergreen tree, Gordonia lasianthus, of the tea family, having fragrant, long-stalked white flowers and egg-shaped fruit.
  • longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
  • longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
  • lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
  • memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
  • monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
  • monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
  • mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
  • movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
  • myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
  • myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
  • neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
  • nonliability — Absence of legal liability.
  • nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
  • nonviability — The state or condition of being nonviable; impracticality.
  • note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
  • obligatorily — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
  • octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
  • octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
  • olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
  • olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
  • opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
  • orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
  • palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
  • palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
  • paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
  • pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
  • phlebography — venography.
  • photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
  • plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
  • polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
  • polysyllabic — consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
  • polysyllable — a polysyllabic word.
  • proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
  • psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
  • questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
  • radiobiology — the branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation on living matter.
  • rock wallaby — any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.
  • rollaway bed — a bed on castors
  • rotary table — A rotary table is a revolving part which turns the drill string.
  • roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
  • saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
  • solitary bee — any of numerous bees, as the leaf-cutting bees, that do not live in a community.
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
  • subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
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