15-letter words containing b, a, y, s
- distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distractibility — inability to sustain one's attention or attentiveness, which is rapidly diverted from one topic to another: a symptom of a variety of mental disorders, as manic disorder, schizophrenia, or anxiety states.
- dodecasyllables — Plural form of dodecasyllable.
- dysmorphophobia — an obsessive fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so
- family business — company owned and run by a family
- fountains abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Ripon in Yorkshire: founded 1132, dissolved 1539; landscaped 1720
- gamma ray burst — a short-lived, extremely luminous burst of gamma radiation from an unknown astronomical source, occurring at random positions in the sky several times a day. Abbreviation: GRB.
- gamma-ray burst — a short-lived, extremely luminous burst of gamma radiation from an unknown astronomical source, occurring at random positions in the sky several times a day. Abbreviation: GRB.
- great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- hendecasyllable — a word or line of verse of 11 syllables.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hypnotisability — Alternative spelling of hypnotizability.
- immeasurability — Immeasurableness.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- immunoassayable — Suitable for immunoassay.
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- inaccessibility — not accessible; unapproachable.
- inadmissibility — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- inconsolability — not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
- indefeasibility — The state or quality of being indefeasible, of being incapable of being defeated.
- indisputability — The property of being indisputable.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubstantially — In an insubstantial manner.
- irresolvability — The quality of being irresolvable.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- lady's bedstraw — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, with clusters of small yellow flowers
- library science — the study of the organization and administration of a library and of its technical, informational, and reference services.
- monosyllabicity — The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic.
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- myofibroblastic — Relating to myofibroblasts.
- non-feasibility — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- observationally — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
- polyphloesboean — noisy
- polysyllabicism — a polysyllabic style
- presbyterianism — church government by presbyters or elders, equal in rank and organized into graded administrative courts.
- presbyterianize — to convert or be converted into Presbyterianism
- psychobiography — a biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.
- put years on sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has put years on someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much older.
- pyrimidine base — any of a number of similar compounds having a basic structure that is derived from pyrimidine, including cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which are constituents of nucleic acids
- questionability — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- radio sono-buoy — a buoy equipped to detect underwater noises and transmit them by radio