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12-letter words containing y

  • book society — book club.
  • bootleg play — a play in which the quarterback pretends to hand the ball to a teammate, hides it by placing it next to his hip, and runs with it.
  • bootylicious — sexually attractive, esp with curvaceous buttocks
  • bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
  • bothy ballad — a folk song, esp one from the farming community of NE Scotland
  • 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
  • bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
  • bottomlessly — from a bottomless point of view
  • 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
  • boyoma falls — a series of seven cataracts in the NE Democratic Republic of Congo, on the upper River Congo: forms an unnavigable stretch of 90 km (56 miles), which falls 60 m (200 ft)
  • 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
  • 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
  • bully pulpit — If someone in a prominent job or position publicly expresses their opinions about a particular subject, you can say that they are using their job or position as a bully pulpit.
  • 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
  • bunny rabbit — rabbit
  • buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
  • bus topology — bus
  • 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
  • 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
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