13-letter words containing a, b, y
- cut both ways — to have both good and bad effects
- cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cybernetician — an expert in cybernetics
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cybersquatter — the registration of a commercially valuable Internet domain name, as a trademark, with the intention of selling it or profiting from its use.
- cyberstalkers — Plural form of cyberstalker.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cymbocephalic — scaphocephaly.
- daily-breader — a commuter.
- day blindness — hemeralopia.
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
- decasyllables — Plural form of decasyllable.
- defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
- defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
- deformability — Deformability is the degree to which applying a force can make a particle or solid change shape.
- degradability — susceptible to chemical breakdown.
- delectability — The quality of being delectable.
- dependability — software reliability
- deployability — Military. to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- despicability — Despicableness.
- detachability — The quality of being detachable.
- detectability — the quality of being detectable
- deterrability — the quality of being deterrable
- detestability — The state or quality of being detestable.
- dialyzability — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- dietary fiber — fiber (def 9).
- dietary fibre — fibrous substances in fruits and vegetables, such as the structural polymers of cell walls, consumption of which aids digestion and is believed to help prevent certain diseases
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disposability — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- disyllabicity — The state or characteristic of having two syllables.
- domesday book — a record of a survey of the lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror about 1086, giving ownership, extent, value, etc., of the properties.
- doomsday book — Domesday Book.
- double whammy — twofold misfortune
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- east by south — a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of east. Abbreviation: EbS.
- embarrassedly — In an embarrassed manner.
- embryological — Of or pertaining to embryology.
- embryonically — In an embryonic way.
- employability — (uncountable) The state or quality of being employable.