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10-letter words that end in y

  • blaze away — to fire a gun rapidly a number of times
  • blimpishly — in a blimpish manner
  • blind copy — a copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.
  • blindingly — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
  • blindstory — a windowless story
  • blissfully — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
  • blood lily — any of various bulbous plants of the genus Haemanthus, native to Africa, having clusters of red or white flowers.
  • bloomsbury — a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices
  • blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
  • blue poppy — a papaveraceous plant, Meconopsis betonicifolia, grown for its showy sky-blue flowers
  • blue wavey — See under wavey.
  • blurringly — in a manner which causes blurring
  • boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
  • bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
  • bonus baby — an athlete who is paid a substantial bonus to sign his or her first professional contract.
  • boob happy — suffering from the mental strain caused by the difficulties of prison life
  • boot money — unofficial bonuses in the form of illegal cash payments made by a professional sports club to its players
  • boss cocky — a boss or person in power
  • boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
  • botany bay — an inlet of the Tasman Sea, on the SE coast of Australia: surrounded by the suburbs of Sydney
  • bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
  • bovver boy — a rowdy youth
  • boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
  • boy/oh boy — Some people say 'boy' or 'oh boy' in order to express feelings of excitement or admiration.
  • brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
  • braggartly — in a braggart or boastful manner
  • brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
  • breadberry — bread soaked in water or milk
  • break away — If you break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you, you free yourself and run away.
  • brilliancy — an instance of brilliance: the brilliancies of Congreve's wit.
  • broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
  • buddhology — the study of Buddha and of Buddhahood.
  • budget day — the day on which the Chancellor presents his budget to parliament
  • buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
  • bumblingly — in a bumbling manner
  • bunchberry — a dwarf variety of dogwood native to North America, Cornus canadensis, having red berries
  • bunglingly — in a bungling manner
  • bush poppy — tree poppy.
  • bustlingly — in a bustling manner
  • by the way — You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of.
  • cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
  • cacography — bad handwriting
  • cacotrophy — malnutrition
  • caddicefly — caddisfly.
  • caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
  • caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
  • caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
  • cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
  • caligraphy — Alternative form of calligraphy.
  • call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
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