13-letter words containing a, b, y
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- south by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. Abbreviation: SbE.
- space biology — exobiology.
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- squeezability — the quality of being capable of, or suitable for, being squeezed
- status symbol — an object, habit, etc., by which the social or economic status of the possessor may be judged.
- stimulability — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- subculturally — in a subcultural manner or way
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- substantially — of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
- substantively — a noun.
- substantivity — the quality or state of being substantive
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- survivability — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- syllabication — to syllabify.
- symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
- symbolization — the act or process of symbolizing.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
- tail assembly — the tail part of a plane
- tailorability — capable of being made into clothing: tailorable fabrics.
- take by storm — be a sudden success
- tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
- tax liability — legal responsibility to pay taxes
- tetrasyllable — a word or line of verse of four syllables.
- the heavy mob — a group of heavies or enforcers
- tillamook bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the NW coast of Oregon: resort center. 6 miles (10 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide.
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- treasury bill — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- tricarboxylic — pertaining to a molecule that contains three carboxyl groups.
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
- unbeautifully — in a unbeautiful or unattractive manner
- unbenignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
- unconceivably — inconceivably
- unconformably — not conformable; not conforming.
- unconquerably — in an invincible manner
- unexplainably — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- unfashionably — in an unfashionable manner
- unforeseeably — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- ungainsayable — irrefutable