12-letter words containing y, r
- botrytis rot — a disease of many plants caused by fungi of the genus Botrytis, characterized by leaf blight, a tan-gray moldlike surface growth, and the rotting of stems and storage organs.
- bottle party — a party to which guests bring drink
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- bourgeoisify — to convert to a bourgeois attitude or appearance
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
- brachycranic — having a cranial index of 81.0–85.4.
- brachygraphy — shorthand; stenography
- 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.
- brahmacharya — the stage of life of the student, entailing study of the Vedas and complete celibacy, usually lasting for twelve years.
- brambleberry — the fruit of a bramble.
- break of day — dawn; daybreak.
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathalyzer — A Breathalyzer is a bag or electronic device that the police use to test whether a driver has drunk too much alcohol.
- breathe easy — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- bridal party — the people who accompany the bride as she comes to her wedding
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- brigham city — a city in N Utah.
- bring to bay — to force into a position from which retreat is impossible
- bronchoscopy — an examination by means of a bronchoscope.
- brush turkey — any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
- buffaloberry — any shrub of the genus Shepherdia native to North America
- bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
- bunny rabbit — rabbit
- butyl rubber — a copolymer of isobutene and isoprene, used in tyres and as a waterproofing material
- butyric acid — type of acid
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- buying group — an association of companies who use their combined purchasing power to achieve the best prices from suppliers
- buying order — an order to buy a certain security
- buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
- buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
- buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- buzzards bay — arm of the Atlantic, on the SE coast of Mass., at the base of Cape Cod peninsula
- by and large — You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
- by my certie — assuredly
- by reason of — If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.
- by the score — If things happen or exist by the score, they happen or exist in large numbers.
- by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
- by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
- cache memory — a small area of memory in a computer that can be accessed very quickly
- cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- calcareously — in a calcareous manner
- calendar day — the period from one midnight to the following midnight.