12-letter words containing y, u, e
- blue-sky law — a state law regulating the trading of securities: intended to protect investors from fraud
- boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- bounden duty — duty one has a moral obligation to perform
- bourgeoisify — to convert to a bourgeois attitude or appearance
- brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
- brush turkey — any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
- buddy system — (in swimming and scuba diving) the practice of pairing swimmers, each being responsible for the other's safety.
- buffaloberry — any shrub of the genus Shepherdia native to North America
- bumble-puppy — a game in which a ball, attached by string to a post, is hit so that the string winds round the post
- bundle buggy — a shopping cart, usually one owned by the shopper rather than one provided by the store.
- bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- butyl rubber — a copolymer of isobutene and isoprene, used in tyres and as a waterproofing material
- 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 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.
- by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- calcareously — in a calcareous manner
- calculatedly — in a calculated manner
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- calycoideous — calycoid
- carbamylurea — biuret.
- carry a tune — to be able to sing in tune
- cellulolytic — relating to or causing the hydrolysis of the complex carbohydrate cellulose
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin
- cherubically — In a cherubic way.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- come-all-you — a street ballad, especially in England.
- compound eye — the convex eye of insects and some crustaceans, consisting of numerous separate light-sensitive units (ommatidia)
- compound key — (database) (Or "multi-part key", "concatenated key") A key which consists of more than one attribute of the body of information (e.g. database "record") it identifies.
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
- conductively — In a conductive manner.
- confoundedly — bewildered; confused; perplexed.
- conqueringly — in a conquering manner
- consensually — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- consequently — Consequently means as a result.
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- constituency — A constituency is an area for which someone is elected as the representative in a parliament or government.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contextually — of, relating to, or depending on the context.