12-letter words containing y, a, r, b
- brambleberry — the fruit of a bramble.
- break of day — dawn; daybreak.
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathalyzer — A Breathalyzer is a bag or electronic device that the police use to test whether a driver has drunk too much alcohol.
- breathe easy — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- bridal party — the people who accompany the bride as she comes to her wedding
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- brigham city — a city in N Utah.
- bring to bay — to force into a position from which retreat is impossible
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
- buffaloberry — any shrub of the genus Shepherdia native to North America
- bunny rabbit — rabbit
- butyric acid — type of acid
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- buzzards bay — arm of the Atlantic, on the SE coast of Mass., at the base of Cape Cod peninsula
- by and large — You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
- by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
- by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
- cam ranh bay — an inlet of the South China Sea, on the SE coast of Vietnam: U. S. military facility during the Vietnam War.
- carbamylurea — biuret.
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carbon cycle — the circulation of carbon between living organisms and their surroundings. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is synthesized by plants into plant tissue, which is ingested and metabolized by animals and converted to carbon dioxide again during respiration and decay
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
- carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
- carotid body — a small mass of cells and nerve endings adjacent to the carotid sinus that, in response to chemical changes in the blood, adjusts the respiratory rate.
- carry-on bag — a small bag that is taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger
- celebreality — a television genre that is unscripted and involves either the day-to-day documentation of a celebrity’s life or competitive challenges that a celebrity or celebrities must perform
- cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
- cherubically — In a cherubic way.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- circumbinary — (astronomy) Of, pertaining to, or having an orbit around a binary star.
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- contributary — contributory
- controllably — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- county board — the governing body of a U.S. county consisting usually of three or more elected members.
- crackerberry — bunchberry.
- craveability — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- crumble away — disintegrate
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- crystal ball — If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a crystal ball, you mean that they are trying to predict the future. Crystal balls are traditionally used by fortune-tellers.