12-letter words that end in ay
- african gray — an ashy-gray, African parrot, Psittacus erithacus, having a short, red tail, noted especially for its ability to mimic speech.
- bad hair day — People sometimes say they are having a bad hair day when they do not feel very happy or relaxed, especially because their hair does not look good.
- bank holiday — A bank holiday is a public holiday.
- bargain away — to lose or renounce (freedom, rights, etc) in return for something valueless or of little value
- barium x-ray — gastrointestinal series: x-ray examination of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract after barium sulfate is given rectally (barium enema) or orally as a contrast medium.
- bastille day — (in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
- battle array — the strategic arrangement of fighters and weapons in a battle
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- biscayne bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Florida, separating the cities of Miami and Miami Beach.
- black friday — the day after the US Thanksgiving Day in late November, regarded as the start of the Christmas shopping season
- 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.
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- break of day — dawn; daybreak.
- bring to bay — to force into a position from which retreat is impossible
- buzzards bay — arm of the Atlantic, on the SE coast of Mass., at the base of Cape Cod peninsula
- calendar day — the period from one midnight to the following midnight.
- cam ranh bay — an inlet of the South China Sea, on the SE coast of Vietnam: U. S. military facility during the Vietnam War.
- cape cod bay — a part of Massachusetts Bay, enclosed by the Cape Cod peninsula.
- cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
- carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
- carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- chickasawhay — a river in SE Mississippi, flowing S to the Pascagoula River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- child's play — something that is easy to do
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- companionway — A companionway is a staircase or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.
- core gateway — Historically, one of a set of gateways (routers) operated by the Internet Network Operations Center at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The core gateway system formed a central part of Internet routing in that all groups must advertise paths to their networks from a core gateway.
- crumble away — disintegrate
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
- dominion day — Canada Day
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dual highway — divided highway.
- electric ray — any ray of the order Torpediniformes, of tropical and temperate seas, having a flat rounded body with an electric organ in each of the fins, close to the head
- ereyesterday — (obsolete) On the day before yesterday.
- explain away — If someone explains away a mistake or a bad situation they are responsible for, they try to indicate that it is unimportant or that it is not really their fault.
- far and away — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- father's day — a day, usually the third Sunday in June, set aside in honor of fathers.
- feet of clay — a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person: He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.
- firth of tay — the estuary of the River Tay on the North Sea coast of Scotland. Length: 40 km (25 miles)
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- freezer tray — a shallow container used to hold food that is to be frozen
- fribble away — to use wastefully
- fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- gallery tray — a tray usually of silver with a raised rim, used for serving drinks
- geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
- georgian bay — the NE part of Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. 6000 sq. mi. (15,500 sq. km).
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- half holiday — a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
- half-holiday — a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
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