12-letter words containing y, o, u, b
- polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- rebelliously — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- subcommunity — a self-contained community usually within the suburbs of a large urban area.
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subsonically — at a velocity below that of sound
- subsultorily — in a subsultory manner
- the blue boy — a famous portrait by Gainsborough of a boy wearing a blue outfit
- touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- ubiquitously — existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants.
- unbecomingly — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
- undoubtfully — of uncertain outcome or result.
- undoubtingly — in an undoubting manner
- unemployable — unsuitable for employment; unable to find or keep a job.
- unflamboyant — not flamboyant
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- unnoticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
- unpardonably — in a manner that is not excusable; disgracefully
- unreasonably — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- unseasonably — not seasonable; being out of season; unseasonal: unseasonable weather.
- untroubledly — in an untroubled manner
- unvoyageable — not able to be sailed or otherwise journeyed over; untraversable; innavigable
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- woburn abbey — a mansion in Woburn in Bedfordshire: originally an abbey; rebuilt in the 17th century for the Dukes of Bedford, altered by Henry Holland in the 18th century; deer park landscaped by Humphrey Repton
- woodburytype — a process using gelatine film exposed to the negative, which is then pressed into lead and processed, or a print of this type
- xylobalsamum — the dried, fragrant wood of the Balsamodendron gileadense that produces resin known as Balm of Gilead
- youngberries — Plural form of youngberry.
- younghusband — Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain