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10-letter words containing y, a, r, b

  • bay poplar — the tupelo, Nyssa aquatica.
  • bay street — the financial centre of Toronto, in which Canada's largest stock exchange is situated
  • bay wreath — (In Greek and Roman times) a wreath of laurel leaves, worn by a victor
  • bayberries — Plural form of bayberry.
  • bellyboard — a small surfboard, usually 3–4 feet (0.9–1.2 meters) long, for riding waves on one's belly, sometimes used in conjunction with swim fins.
  • berecyntia — Cybele.
  • bioprivacy — the state of freedom from others having unauthorized access to biometric data about oneself
  • biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
  • bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
  • bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
  • blackberry — A blackberry is a small, soft black or dark purple fruit.
  • body armor — Body armor is special protective clothing that people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
  • body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
  • bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
  • bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
  • bony bream — an Australian freshwater clupeid fish, Fluvialosa richardsonii
  • booby-trap — A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched.
  • botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
  • brachyaxis — the shorter lateral axis of a monoclinic, orthorhombic, or triclinic crystal
  • brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
  • brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
  • brachyuran — any decapod crustacean of the group (formerly suborder) Brachyura, which includes the crabs
  • bradykinin — a peptide in blood plasma that dilates blood vessels and causes contraction of smooth muscles. Formula: C50H73N15O11
  • bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
  • bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
  • braggartly — in a braggart or boastful manner
  • brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
  • brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
  • breadberry — bread soaked in water or milk
  • break away — If you break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you, you free yourself and run away.
  • bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
  • brilliancy — an instance of brilliance: the brilliancies of Congreve's wit.
  • by-passers — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
  • canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
  • carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
  • carboxylic — containing or pertaining to the carboxyl group or the carboxyl radical
  • cardboardy — like cardboard, esp in stiffness, texture, or taste
  • carry back — to apply (a legally permitted credit, esp an operating loss) to the taxable income of previous years in order to ease the overall tax burden
  • cerebrally — Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the cerebrum or the brain.
  • charitably — generous in donations or gifts to relieve the needs of indigent, ill, or helpless persons, or of animals: a charitable man giving much money to feed the poor.
  • cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
  • chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
  • city break — a short holiday spent in a city
  • clapperboy — a boy who operates a clapper
  • comparably — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
  • coralberry — a small shrub, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, that is native to North America and is cultivated for its berries
  • cornbrandy — any of various alcoholic spirits made from grain, esp whisky
  • corybantic — frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
  • crab's eye — rosary pea.
  • crack baby — an infant, typically born prematurely, with a condition caused by the excessive consumption of crack cocaine by the mother during pregnancy and characterized by malformations and learning disabilities
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