10-letter words containing a, b, y
- aryballoid — relating to an aryballos
- at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
- attainably — In a way that can be attained.
- audibility — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby bonus — family allowance
- baby buggy — A baby buggy is a small folding seat with wheels, which a young child can sit in and which can be pushed around.
- baby coach — a baby carriage.
- baby daddy — the biological father of a woman's child, not married to the child's mother and usually not in a relationship with her: Her baby daddy seldom comes to visit her and their child.
- baby grand — a small grand piano, approximately 5 feet long
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- baby linen — sheets, clothes, etc for babies
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- baby tooth — Your baby teeth are the first teeth that grow in your mouth, which later fall out and are replaced by a second set.
- baby-daddy — the absent father of an illegitimate child
- baby-faced — having a smooth round face like a baby's
- babyboomer — Alternative spelling of baby boomer.
- babylonian — an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- babymakers — Plural form of babymaker.
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- back story — background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film
- back-alley — Back-alley activities are carried out unofficially, secretly, and often illegally.
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- backwardly — In a backward direction.
- backwoodsy — like or of the nature of backwoods
- baffin bay — part of the Northwest Passage, situated between Baffin Island and Greenland
- bafflingly — to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.
- baggataway — a form of lacrosse as played originally by the Ojibwa Indians.
- balikbayan — (Philippines) A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country. (from 20th c.).
- ballantyne — R(obert) M(ichael). 1825–94, British author, noted for such adventure stories as The Coral Island (1857)
- ballplayer — A ballplayer is a baseball player.
- ballyhooed — a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- ballymoney — a district in N Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 27 809 (2003 est). Area: 417 sq km (161 sq miles)
- balneology — the branch of medical science concerned with the therapeutic value of baths, esp those taken with natural mineral waters
- bank money — checks, drafts, and bank credits other than currency that are the equivalent of money.
- bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- bardolatry — idolatry or excessive admiration of William Shakespeare
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- barrow boy — A barrow boy is a man or boy who sells fruit or other goods from a barrow in the street.
- barrow-boy — a man or boy who sells wares from a barrow; costermonger.
- barycenter — (physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal.
- barycentre — a centre of mass, esp of the earth-moon system or the solar system
- barysphere — centrosphere (def 2).
- basal body — a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole.
- baselessly — In a baseless way.