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9-letter words containing y, a

  • backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
  • backyards — Plural form of backyard.
  • badassery — (slang) The behaviour or quality of a badass.
  • badly off — If you are badly off, you are in a bad situation.
  • baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
  • balefully — In a baleful manner.
  • balkingly — in a balking manner
  • ball clay — a fine dark kaolinic clay that turns white or nearly white when fired, used in the manufacture of a wide variety of ceramic wares in combination with other clays for its exceptional bonding properties and plasticity.
  • ballyhoos — Plural form of ballyhoo.
  • ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
  • baneberry — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Actaea, esp A. spicata, which has small white flowers and red or white poisonous berries
  • banefully — In a baneful way.
  • bang tidy — of exceptionally good quality
  • baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
  • barbarity — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
  • barebelly — a sheep with a defective growth of wool on its belly and legs.
  • barnyards — Plural form of barnyard.
  • barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
  • baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
  • baroquely — in a baroque fashion
  • barotropy — a state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density do not intersect but are parallel.
  • barr body — a structure found on the inside of the nuclear membrane of female cells that takes a dark stain and indicates by its presence the sex of the individual
  • barreleye — any of the bathypelagic fishes of the family Opisthoproctidae, especially Macropinna microstoma, having telescoping eyes.
  • barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
  • base year — a year used as an index for some phenomenon measured in other years
  • bashfully — In a bashful manner.
  • basic dye — a dye soluble in acid and insoluble in basic solution, consisting mostly of amino or imino compounds of xanthene or triarylmethane: used mainly for inks, carbon paper, and typewriter ribbon.
  • basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
  • bastardly — of no value; worthless.
  • bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
  • bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
  • battology — the unnecessary repetition of words
  • batty boy — a male homosexual
  • bay shore — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
  • bay state — Massachusetts
  • baybars i — 1223–77, sultan of Egypt and Syria (1260–77), of the Mameluke dynasty
  • bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
  • bead-ruby — a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
  • beady eye — keen watchfulness that may be somewhat hostile
  • beamingly — in a beaming manner
  • beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
  • bearberry — a trailing evergreen ericaceous shrub, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, with small pinkish-white flowers, red berries, and astringent leaves
  • beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
  • bearishly — In a bearish manner.
  • beautyful — Misspelling of beautiful.
  • belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
  • belly pan — a plate enclosing the bottom of an automotive vehicle or the like below the chassis.
  • bellyache — Bellyache is a pain inside your abdomen, especially in your stomach.
  • bellyband — a strap around the belly of a draught animal, holding the shafts of a vehicle
  • belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
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