11-letter words containing y, i, e
- biquarterly — occurring twice every three months
- bird cherry — a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus padus, with clusters of white flowers and small black fruits
- bisexuality — Biology. of both sexes. combining male and female organs in one individual; hermaphroditic.
- bisymmetric — showing symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other
- blind alley — If you describe a situation as a blind alley, you mean that progress is not possible or that the situation can have no useful results.
- blindstorey — a storey without windows, such as a gallery in a Gothic church
- blytheville — a city in NE Arkansas.
- body shield — a small bulletproof shield attached to the arm for fending off projectiles, especially in a riot situation.
- bodybuilder — A bodybuilder is a person who does special exercises regularly in order to make his or her muscles grow bigger.
- booby prize — The booby prize is a prize given as a joke to the person who comes last in a competition.
- bookbindery — a place in which books are bound
- borohydride — any compound, such as sodium borohydride, which contains the radical BH4
- bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- buddy movie — a genre of film dealing with the relationship and adventures of two friends
- busy lizzie — a balsaminaceous plant, Impatiens balsamina, that has pink, red, or white flowers and is often grown as a pot plant
- by-election — A by-election is an election that is held to choose a new member of parliament when a member has resigned or died.
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- c1 security — Orange Book
- c2 security — Orange Book
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
- cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- caressively — caressingly
- carriageway — A carriageway is one side of a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a barrier.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- celery pine — a New Zealand gymnosperm tree, Phyllocladus trichomanoides, with celerylike shoots and useful wood: family Phyllocladaceae
- celestially — pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere, as in celestial body.
- cellularity — pertaining to or characterized by cellules or cells, especially minute compartments or cavities.
- cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
- certifiably — capable of being certified.
- charityware — careware
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- cherry hill — city in SW N.J., east of Camden: pop. 70,000
- cherry-pick — If someone cherry-picks people or things, they choose the best ones from a group of them, often in a way that other people consider unfair.
- chicken-fry — to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat: chicken-fried steak.
- chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- chimney cap — a raised cover for the top of a chimney, usually in the form of a slab or cornice.
- chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
- chimneylike — resembling a chimney
- chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
- cholecystic — gallbladder.
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysalises — Plural form of chrysalis.
- chrysoidine — a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C 12 H 13 N 4 Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants