10-letter words containing y, a
- beady-eyed — marked by or having small, glittering eyes, especially eyes that seem to gleam with malice, avarice, or lechery.
- beanie key — feature key
- beatifying — Present participle of beatify.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- belly pack — fanny pack.
- belly tank — a fuel tank in the belly of a plane
- belly-land — (of an aviator) to land (an aircraft) directly on the fuselage, as because of defective landing gear.
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- 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.
- benignancy — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- benzoylate — to introduce the benzoyl group into (an organic compound).
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- beta decay — the radioactive transformation of an atomic nucleus accompanying the emission of an electron. It involves unit change of atomic number but none in mass number
- betacyanin — any one of a group of red nitrogenous pigments found in certain plants, such as beetroot
- betty lamp — an Early American lamp, consisting of a shallow, covered basin filled with oil, tallow, etc., providing fuel for a wick housed in a teapotlike spout, and often hung by a hook or suspended from a chain.
- biannually — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biblically — of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
- biennially — happening every two years: biennial games.
- bifacially — from a bifacial point of view
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- biodynamic — the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms (opposed to biostatics).
- biomagnify — to undergo biological magnification.
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- 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
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- bipedality — the quality of having two feet
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
- black body — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- blackberry — A blackberry is a small, soft black or dark purple fruit.
- blast away — If a gun, or a person firing a gun, blasts away, the gun is fired continuously for a period of time.
- blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
- blaze away — to fire a gun rapidly a number of times
- 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 wavey — See under wavey.
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- bobby calf — an unweaned calf culled for slaughter
- 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 image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bon voyage — You say 'bon voyage' to someone who is going on a journey, as a way of saying goodbye and wishing them good luck.
- 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.
- bonus baby — an athlete who is paid a substantial bonus to sign his or her first professional contract.