9-letter words containing y, s
- baybars i — 1223–77, sultan of Egypt and Syria (1260–77), of the Mameluke dynasty
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- bemusedly — bewildered or confused: a bemused expression on his face.
- bendy bus — an articulated bus
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- berryless — without berries
- berserkly — in a berserk or crazy manner
- bestially — of, relating to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
- bialystok — a city in E Poland.
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- bicyclist — A bicyclist is someone who enjoys cycling.
- big style — to a great degree or extent
- biliously — in a bilious or bad manner
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bismuthyl — Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- blavatsky — Elena Petrovna (jɪˈljɛnə pɪˈtrɔvnə), called Madame Blavatsky. 1831–91, Russian theosophist; author of Isis Unveiled (1877)
- bless you — You can say 'bless you' to someone who has just sneezed.
- blessedly — consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified: the Blessed Sacrament.
- bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
- bobby sox — indicating or associated with the wearing of bobbysocks; adolescent: strictly a bobbysocks crowd; the bobbysocks generation.
- bobbysock — ankle-length sock worn esp by teenage girls
- bobsy-die — fuss; confusion; pandemonium (esp in the phrases kick up bobsy-die, play bobsy-die)
- body mass — the ratio of a person's weight to their height
- body shop — a place where the bodywork of motor vehicles is built or repaired
- body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- body-surf — to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard
- bodyshell — the external shell of a motor vehicle
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
- boss-eyed — having a squint
- boy scout — The Boy Scouts is an organization for boys which teaches them discipline and practical skills.
- boyshorts — women's underpants which resemble close-fitting shorts, sitting below the waist and stretching to the tops of the legs
- brimstony — of, relating to or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
- brusquely — abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
- buckishly — in a buckish manner
- buckley's — no chance at all
- buckstays — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- bulbosity — the quality of being bulbous
- bullishly — in a bullish manner
- bush baby — any of a family (Galagidae) of nocturnal prosimian primates of tropical African forests, with a long, bushy tail and large eyes
- businessy — of, relating to, typical of, or suitable for the world of commercial or industrial business
- busy work — work assigned for the sake of looking or keeping busy.
- busy-loop — tight loop
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- busy-work — work assigned for the sake of looking or keeping busy.
- buttinsky — a busybody
- by a nose — by the length of the animal's nose in horse racing, etc.