10-letter words containing y, i
- benin city — a city in S Nigeria, capital of Edo state: former capital of the kingdom of Benin. Pop: 1 022 000 (2005 est)
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- berryfruit — any edible berry such as a raspberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant, or strawberry
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- betacyanin — any one of a group of red nitrogenous pigments found in certain plants, such as beetroot
- betweenity — the state of lying between two extremes
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- biannually — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biblically — of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
- bibliogony — the art of producing and publishing books.
- bibliology — the study of Biblical literature
- bibliopegy — the art of binding books
- bibliopoly — a bookseller, especially a dealer in rare or used books.
- biennially — happening every two years: biennial games.
- bifacially — from a bifacial point of view
- billy budd — a novella (1924) by Herman Melville.
- billy club — billy (def 1).
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- billy-club — billy (def 1).
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- biodynamic — the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms (opposed to biostatics).
- bioecology — the science that deals with the interrelations of communities of animals and plants with their environment
- biomagnify — to undergo biological magnification.
- biomimicry — the mimicking of life using imitation biological systems
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- biophysics — the physics of biological processes and the application of methods used in physics to biology
- biopolymer — a large molecule in a living organism
- bioprivacy — the state of freedom from others having unauthorized access to biometric data about oneself
- biopsychic — of, relating to, or comprising psychological and biological phenomena.
- biosurgery — the use of live sterile maggots to treat patients with infected wounds
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- bipedality — the quality of having two feet
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- bird's-eye — seen or photographed from high above
- bit by bit — If something happens bit by bit, it happens in stages.
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
- blimpishly — in a blimpish manner
- blind copy — a copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.
- blindingly — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blissfully — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
- blood lily — any of various bulbous plants of the genus Haemanthus, native to Africa, having clusters of red or white flowers.
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- blurringly — in a manner which causes blurring
- body fluid — any of various types of fluid found in the body of a human or animal, as blood or urine.
- body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.