13-letter words containing b, o, y
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydroboration — (chemistry) the production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds.
- hydrogen bomb — a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes.
- hydrogen bond — a type of chemical bond in which a hydrogen atom that has a covalent link with one of the electronegative atoms (F, N, O) forms an electrostatic link with another electronegative atom in the same or another molecule.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloidal — Having the shape or form of a hyperboloid.
- hypermobility — An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
- hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
- hypobaropathy — a condition produced in high altitudes, caused by diminished air pressure and reduced oxygen intake; mountain sickness.
- hypobranchial — situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.
- hypometabolic — Relating to hypometabolism.
- immunobiology — the study of the immune response and the biological aspects of immunity to disease.
- impossibility — condition or quality of being impossible.
- improbability — the quality or condition of being improbable; unlikelihood.
- improvability — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- inconceivably — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- incontestably — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- inconvertibly — In an inconvertible manner.
- incorruptibly — In an incorruptible manner.
- indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- inelaborately — not in an elaborate fashion, in a way lacking elaboration
- inexorability — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- inobtrusively — in an unobtrusive manner
- insociability — the state or quality of being insociable
- insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
- interoperably — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
- inviolability — prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary; an inviolable promise.
- irrecoverably — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irresponsibly — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- jacob s coxey — Jacob Sechler [sech-ler] /ˈsɛtʃ lər/ (Show IPA), 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers (Coxey's army) in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.
- jolly balance — a spring balance used for determining the density of a sample by comparison of its weight in air and water.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- know by heart — have memorized
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- kuskokwim bay — an inlet of the Bering Sea in Alaska. Length: about 160 km (100 miles)
- labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
- lavatory bowl — the part inside a lavatory containing water and fitted with a water-flushing device and connected to a drain
- lay about one — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
- loblolly pine — a coniferous tree, Pinus taeda, of the southeastern U.S., having bundles of stout often twisted needles and blackish-gray bark.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- matagorda bay — a bay in SE Texas, at the mouth of the Colorado River, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Matagorda Peninsula. About 50 miles (80 km) long.
- meadow beauty — any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, especially R. mariana or R. virginica, having showy rose-pink flowers with eight prominent bright yellow stamens.
- 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
- messenger boy — A messenger boy is a boy who is employed to take messages to people.
- metabolically — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.