12-letter words containing y, i, n
- at any price — If you want something at any price, you are determined to get it, even if unpleasant things happen as a result.
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- attractingly — in a manner that attracts
- authenticity — the quality or state of being authentic; reliability; genuineness
- autoanalysis — Psychoanalysis. self-analysis.
- autoantibody — an antibody reacting with an antigen that is a part of the organism in which the antibody is formed
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- autoimmunity — (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
- avuncularity — the condition of being an uncle
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- bank holiday — A bank holiday is a public holiday.
- bargain away — to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- be in embryo — Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development.
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- belaying pin — a cylindrical, sometimes tapered pin, usually of metal or wood, that fits into a hole in a pin or fife rail: used for belaying
- belligerency — the state of being at war
- belly-aching — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- beneficially — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- beseechingly — to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once.
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- bilinguality — the ability to speak two languages fluently.
- binary color — secondary color.
- binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
- biocoenology — the branch of ecology concerned with the relationships and interactions between the members of a natural community
- biosynthesis — the formation of complex compounds from simple substances by living organisms
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- biscay green — a yellowish green.
- biscayne bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Florida, separating the cities of Miami and Miami Beach.
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- blood typing — the classification of human blood cells to determine compatible blood types as for transfusion or organ transplant
- body english — a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- body popping — a dance style involving muscular jerking of the upper body
- bodyboarding — the sport of surfing using a bodyboard
- bodybuilding — Bodybuilding is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow bigger.
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- brachycranic — having a cranial index of 81.0–85.4.
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- bring to bay — to force into a position from which retreat is impossible
- bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
- bunny rabbit — rabbit
- buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
- buying group — an association of companies who use their combined purchasing power to achieve the best prices from suppliers