7-letter words containing y, n
- baryton — a bass viol with sympathetic strings as well as its six main strings
- bayamon — a city in NE central Puerto Rico, south of San Juan. Pop: 224 915 (2003 est)
- bayonet — A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
- bayonne — a port in SW France: a commercial centre for the Basque region. Pop: 45 636 (2006)
- baytown — city in SE Tex., on Galveston Bay, near Houston: pop. 66,000
- beanery — a cheap restaurant
- belying — to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
- bendery — a city in E central Moldavia, SE of Kishinev.
- benomyl — a fungicide, derived from imidazole, used on cereal and fruit crops: suspected of being carcinogenic
- bentley — Edmund Clerihew. 1875–1956, English journalist, noted for his invention of the clerihew
- benzoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group C6H5CO-
- bethany — a village in the West Bank, near Jerusalem at the foot of the Mount of Olives: in the New Testament, the home of Lazarus and the lodging place of Jesus during Holy Week
- bindery — a place in which books are bound
- biogeny — the evolutionary history of living organisms
- bionomy — the branch of science concerned with the laws of life
- biryani — any of a variety of Indian dishes made with rice, highly flavoured and coloured with saffron or turmeric, mixed with meat or fish
- bisayan — Visayan
- bivinyl — butadiene.
- blandly — If you do something blandly, you do it in a calm and quiet way.
- blankly — without expression or understanding: She stared blankly at her inquisitors.
- blarney — Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only saying in order to please you or to persuade you to do something.
- blaydon — an industrial town in NE England, in Gateshead unitary authority, Tyne and Wear. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- blindly — If you say that someone does something blindly, you mean that they do it without having enough information, or without thinking about it.
- bluntly — having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
- bobigny — a department in N France. 91 sq. mi. (236 sq. km). Capital: Bobigny.
- bogyman — boogeyman
- boloney — baloney
- bonynge — Richard. born 1930, Australian conductor, esp of opera
- bowyang — one of a pair of bowyangs
- braying — the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- broonzy — William Lee Conley, called Big Bill. 1893–1958, US blues singer and guitarist
- bryansk — a city in W Russia. Pop: 428 000 (2005 est)
- brython — a Celt who speaks a Brythonic language
- budenny — Semën Mikhailovich [syi-myawn myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /syɪˈmyɔn myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1973, Russian general in 1917 revolution and World War II.
- bunbury — to create a fictitious scenario that provides an excuse for avoiding unwanted engagements
- buoyant — If you are in a buoyant mood, you feel cheerful and behave in a lively way.
- buoying — Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- burnaby — city in SW British Columbia, Canada; suburb of Vancouver: pop. 179,000
- burnley — an industrial town in NW England, in E Lancashire. Pop: 73 021 (2001)
- busying — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- buttony — like a button.
- butyrin — a colourless liquid ester or oil found in butter. It is formed from butyric acid and glycerine
- by hand — If you do something by hand, you do it using your hands rather than a machine.
- by name — When you mention someone or something by name, or address someone by name, you use their name.
- by-line — a line under the title of a newspaper or magazine article giving the author's name
- by-name — a secondary name; cognomen; surname.
- bygones — past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.
- byliner — a person who writes articles with bylines
- byreman — a man who works in a byre
- byrnies — a coat of mail; hauberk.