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10-letter words containing y, e, a

  • at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
  • athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
  • attendancy — the condition or quality of accompanying or attending
  • audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
  • aureomycin — chlortetracycline
  • autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
  • autolysate — the substances resulting as the end product of autolysis
  • axenically — in a manner not associated with any other living organism
  • axonometry — the branch of crystallography concerned with measurement of the axes of crystals
  • ayers rock — a conspicuous red monadnock in central Australia, in the SW Northern Territory: tourist attraction. 1143 feet (348 meters) high.
  • ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
  • aztec lily — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, of the amaryllis family, native to Mexico, bearing a large, bright-red flower.
  • azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
  • baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
  • baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
  • baby linen — sheets, clothes, etc for babies
  • baby-faced — having a smooth round face like a baby's
  • babyboomer — Alternative spelling of baby boomer.
  • babymakers — Plural form of babymaker.
  • babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
  • back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
  • back-alley — Back-alley activities are carried out unofficially, secretly, and often illegally.
  • ballantyne — R(obert) M(ichael). 1825–94, British author, noted for such adventure stories as The Coral Island (1857)
  • ballplayer — A ballplayer is a baseball player.
  • ballyhooed — a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
  • ballymoney — a district in N Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 27 809 (2003 est). Area: 417 sq km (161 sq miles)
  • balneology — the branch of medical science concerned with the therapeutic value of baths, esp those taken with natural mineral waters
  • bank money — checks, drafts, and bank credits other than currency that are the equivalent of money.
  • baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
  • barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
  • barycenter — (physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal.
  • barycentre — a centre of mass, esp of the earth-moon system or the solar system
  • barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
  • baselessly — In a baseless way.
  • bathymeter — An instrument used to measure the depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
  • bathymetry — measurement of the depth of an ocean or other large body of water
  • batter-fry — to coat with batter and fry in deep fat.
  • battle cry — A battle cry is a phrase that is used to encourage people to support a particular cause or campaign.
  • bawdyhouse — a house of prostitution
  • bay antler — the second branch from the base of a deer's horn
  • bay laurel — a small evergreen Mediterranean laurel, Laurus nobilis, with glossy aromatic leaves, used for flavouring in cooking, and small blackish berries
  • 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.
  • bayezid ii — ?1447–1512, sultan of Turkey; he greatly extended Turkish dominions in Greece and the Balkans
  • bayoneting — (US) present participle of bayonet.
  • bayonetted — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of bayonet.
  • 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.
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