13-letter words containing b, a, y, s
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
- library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
- libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
- listenability — pleasant to listen to: soft, listenable music.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- make sb's day — If something makes your day, it makes you feel very happy.
- measurability — capable of being measured.
- melrose abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose in Scottish Borders: founded in 1136 and sacked by the English in 1385 and 1547: repaired in 1822 by Sir Walter Scott
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- metastability — An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
- military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
- monosyllabics — Plural form of monosyllabic.
- monosyllabism — monosyllabic character.
- monosyllables — Plural form of monosyllable.
- multisyllabic — polysyllabic.
- multisyllable — polysyllable.
- myofibroblast — (cytology) A cell that is intermediate between a fibroblast and smooth muscle.
- north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- obsessionally — In an obsessional manner.
- obstetrically — (medicine) In terms of obstetrics.
- octosyllables — Plural form of octosyllable.
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- parasymbiosis — the symbiotic relationship that occurs between certain species of fungi and lichens (which are themselves symbiotic associations between a fungus and an alga)
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pensacola bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, in NW Florida. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- pentasyllable — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- polyribosomal — relating to a polyribosome
- polysyllabism — a polysyllabic style or the use of multisyllabic words
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- raspberry jam — jam made using raspberries
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- releasability — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- resectability — the state of being resectable
- rib eye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- rib-eye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- san pablo bay — the N part of San Francisco Bay, in W California.
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- savoy cabbage — a variety of cabbage having a compact head of crinkled, blistered leaves.
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- sea butterfly — any member of the gastropod order Pteropoda, shelled marine mollusks so called for their ability to swim using winglike extensions of the foot.
- seasonability — fact of being seasonable
- selectability — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- self-assembly — Self-assembly is used to refer to furniture and other goods that you buy in parts and that you have to put together yourself.
- self-betrayal — to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.