12-letter words containing y, e, b
- mashrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
- may-december — of or designating a marriage or romantic relationship between a young person and a person who is considerably older
- mean well by — to have good intentions or friendly, helpful feelings toward
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- meshrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
- microbrewery — a brewery producing less than 15,000 barrels per year and usually concentrating on exotic or high quality beer.
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- mother's boy — mama's boy.
- motorbicycle — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
- mumblety-peg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
- neoytterbium — ytterbium.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- newtownabbey — a town in Northern Ireland, in Newtownabbey district, Co Antrim on Belfast Lough: the third largest town in Northern Ireland, formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of seven villages; light industrial centre, esp for textiles. Pop: 62 056 (2001)
- noncelebrity — a person who is not a celebrity
- nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
- note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- obedientiary — The holder of a monastic rank or office below that of superior.
- objectifying — Present participle of objectify.
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
- olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- on your bike — away you go
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- payback time — Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences.
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pearl barley — barley milled into small, round grains, used in cooking, especially in soups.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- peroxyborate — perborate.
- phlebography — venography.