12-letter words containing y, r
- axisymmetric — being symmetrical around an axis
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- baby brother — a younger brother
- baby carrier — a kind of sling or rucksack used to carry small babies either on one's chest or one's back
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- baby's-tears — a mosslike plant, Soleirolia (or Helxine) soleirolii, of the nettle family, native to Corsica and Sardinia, having small, roundish leaves and minute flowers.
- baby-bouncer — a seat on springs suspended from a door frame, etc, in which a baby may be placed for exercise
- back country — The back country is an area that is a long way from any city and has very few people living in it.
- backroom boy — You can refer to a man as a backroom boy when he does important work in an organization and has good ideas but is not seen or known about by the public.
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- bad hair day — People sometimes say they are having a bad hair day when they do not feel very happy or relaxed, especially because their hair does not look good.
- bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
- balloon tyre — a pneumatic tyre containing air at a relatively low pressure and having a wide tread
- banbury cake — a cake consisting of a pastry base filled with currants, raisins, candied peel, and sugar, with a crisscross pattern on the top
- banbury tart — a tart filled with a lemon-flavored mixture of currants, raisins, or the like.
- bank robbery — theft from a bank
- barbarically — without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive: barbaric invaders.
- barbary duck — the flesh of a Muscovy duck used as food
- bargain away — to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value
- barium x-ray — gastrointestinal series: x-ray examination of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract after barium sulfate is given rectally (barium enema) or orally as a contrast medium.
- barley field — a piece of land cleared of trees and undergrowth, usually enclosed with a fence or hedge and used for growing barley
- barley sugar — Barley sugar is a sweet made from boiled sugar.
- barley water — Barley water is a drink made from barley. It is sometimes flavoured with orange or lemon.
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- barratrously — In a barratrous manner.
- baryta water — an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
- basic salary — base pay.
- bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
- bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- battery farm — a farm that uses batteries for raising poultry
- battery fire — the firing of a battery of weapons
- battery-park — The, a park at the S end of Manhattan, in New York City.
- battle array — the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons in a battle
- battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
- battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
- bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
- bay-head bar — a sand bar at the head of a bay.
- be in embryo — Something that is in embryo is at a very early stage of its development.
- bearded lady — a woman with a beard, esp in a circus or freakshow
- beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
- beauty quark — bottom quark
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- bedraggledly — In a bedraggled manner.
- bedroom eyes — sexy eyes
- begrudgingly — If you do something begrudgingly, you do it unwillingly.
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- belligerency — the state of being at war
- belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
- belly-buster — belly flop.