12-letter words containing ay
- actinic rays — light rays, esp. the violet and ultraviolet parts of the spectrum, that produce chemical changes, as in photography
- active layer — (in arctic or subarctic regions) the layer of soil, above the permafrost, that thaws during the summer.
- african gray — an ashy-gray, African parrot, Psittacus erithacus, having a short, red tail, noted especially for its ability to mimic speech.
- air layering — a method of propagating a plant by girdling or cutting part way into a stem or branch and packing the area with a moist medium, as sphagnum moss, stimulating root formation so that the stem or branch can be removed and grown as an independent plant.
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- array theory — (theory) A theory developed by Trenchard More Jr. and used as the basis for the NIAL language. Papers are available from the IBM Cambridge Scientific Center, Cambridge MA.
- assay groove — (in silverwork) a furrow left in a piece by the digging out of metal for assay.
- assay office — an organization that assays and monitors the purity of precious metals in a particular country
- aykhona wena — an exclamation expressive of surprise, pain, pleasure, etc
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- 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
- bay of fundy — an inlet of the Atlantic in SE Canada, between S New Brunswick and W Nova Scotia: remarkable for its swift tides of up to 21 m (70 ft)
- bay rum tree — a tropical American myrtaceous tree, Pimenta racemosa, that yields an oil used in making bay rum
- bay-head bar — a sand bar at the head of a bay.
- bayonet bulb — an electric light bulb which is inserted into the socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
- belaying pin — a cylindrical, sometimes tapered pin, usually of metal or wood, that fits into a hole in a pin or fife rail: used for belaying
- belt highway — beltway (def 1).
- birthday boy — the boy or man whose birthday is being celebrated
- biscay green — a yellowish green.
- 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
- bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
- 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
- cable-laying — involved in or connected to the activity of laying cables
- 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.
- caraway seed — the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of this plant, used in cooking and in medicine
- 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.
- carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
- 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.
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- 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
- chip away at — If you chip away at something such as an idea, a feeling, or a system, you gradually make it weaker or less likely to succeed by repeated efforts.
- clay mineral — any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- 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.
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