9-letter words that end in y
- b bursary — the lower of two bursaries available for students entering university, polytechnic, etc
- babbittry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
- babyishly — in a baby-like fashion; childishly
- bacillary — of, relating to, or caused by bacilli
- back away — If you back away from a commitment that you made or something that you were involved with in the past, you try to show that you are no longer committed to it or involved with it.
- back copy — A back copy of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- badassery — (slang) The behaviour or quality of a badass.
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- balefully — In a baleful manner.
- balkingly — in a balking manner
- ball clay — a fine dark kaolinic clay that turns white or nearly white when fired, used in the manufacture of a wide variety of ceramic wares in combination with other clays for its exceptional bonding properties and plasticity.
- baneberry — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Actaea, esp A. spicata, which has small white flowers and red or white poisonous berries
- banefully — In a baneful way.
- bang tidy — of exceptionally good quality
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- barbarity — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
- barebelly — a sheep with a defective growth of wool on its belly and legs.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- barotropy — a state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density do not intersect but are parallel.
- barr body — a structure found on the inside of the nuclear membrane of female cells that takes a dark stain and indicates by its presence the sex of the individual
- bashfully — In a bashful manner.
- basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
- bastardly — of no value; worthless.
- bastardry — malicious or cruel behaviour
- battology — the unnecessary repetition of words
- batty boy — a male homosexual
- bead-ruby — a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bearberry — a trailing evergreen ericaceous shrub, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, with small pinkish-white flowers, red berries, and astringent leaves
- beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- beggingly — in a begging manner
- belatedly — coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.
- bell buoy — a navigational buoy fitted with a bell, the clapper of which strikes when the waves move the buoy
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bemusedly — bewildered or confused: a bemused expression on his face.
- bendingly — in a curving direction or manner
- benignity — the quality of being benign; favourable attitude
- berserkly — in a berserk or crazy manner
- bestially — of, relating to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
- bevin boy — (in Britain during World War II) a young man selected by ballot to work in a coal mine instead of doing conventional military service
- bi-hourly — occurring every two hours.
- bi-weekly — occurring every two weeks.
- biaxially — in a biaxial way
- biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.