12-letter words containing yo
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.
- non-pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- not with you — not able to grasp or follow what you are saying
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- on your bike — away you go
- on your feet — position: standing
- on your mark — a command given to runners in a race to prepare themselves at the starting line
- on your mind — If something is on your mind, you are worried or concerned about it and think about it a lot.
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- payout ratio — the ratio between dividends paid out and earnings per share of common stock within a time period.
- photo layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
- polymyositis — a disorder characterized by the inflammation of multiple muscles
- polyoestrous — polyestrous.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polyphyodont — having many successive sets of teeth, as fishes and other lower vertebrates
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- pyophthalmia — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- ryobu shinto — a fusion of Shinto and Buddhism, which flourished in Japan in the 13th century
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- to your feet — If you get or rise to your feet, you stand up.
- vinyasa yoga — a style of yoga in which breathing exercises are used to synchronize fluid transitions through a fixed sequence of poses
- white bryony — a climbing herbaceous cucurbitaceous plant, Bryonia dioica, of Europe and North Africa, having greenish flowers and red berries
- yogic flying — a phenomenon of Transcendental Meditation in which the meditator jumps into the air while in the lotus position
- yogurt-maker — a machine for making yogurt
- you can talk — you don't have to worry about doing a particular thing yourself
- you-know-who — a person whose name one does not want to say, but who is known to the person to whom one is speaking
- youghiogheny — a river flowing from NW Maryland through SW Pennsylvania into the Monongahela River. 135 miles (217 km) long.
- young fustic — fustet (def 2).
- youngberries — Plural form of youngberry.
- younger edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- younger hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the dealer
- younghusband — Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain
- your-majesty — regal, lofty, or stately dignity; imposing character; grandeur: majesty of bearing; the majesty of Chartres.
- youth hostel — hostel (def 1).
- youth leader — a person who has responsibility for the young people at a youth club etc
- youth worker — A youth worker is a person whose job involves providing support and social activities for young people, especially young people from poor backgrounds.
- youthfulness — characterized by youth; young.