13-letter words containing b, r, a, n, y
- labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
- 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).
- mensurability — The quality of being mensurable.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- military band — a musical band, usually made up of players of wind, percussion and some brass instruments, that play at military functions, etc
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-repayable — to pay back or refund, as money.
- nonambulatory — of, relating to, or capable of walking: an ambulatory exploration of the countryside.
- nonobligatory — Not obligatory; not required; optional.
- nonrecyclable — Not recyclable.
- north babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- north by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. Abbreviation: NbE.
- notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
- principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- retainability — to keep possession of.
- running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
- sanitary belt — a narrow belt, usually of elastic, for holding a sanitary napkin in place.
- siberian ruby — a red tourmaline used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- sinterability — the capacity to be sintered
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- 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.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- unconformably — not conformable; not conforming.
- unconquerably — in an invincible manner
- unforeseeably — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- unforgettably — impossible to forget; indelibly impressed on the memory: scenes of unforgettable beauty.
- unperceivably — imperceptibly
- unpleasurably — without pleasure, in an unpleasurable manner
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unreclaimably — in an unreclaimable manner
- unrecoverably — in an unrecoverable or irrecoverable manner
- unregrettably — causing or deserving regret; unfortunate; deplorable.
- unreliability — not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.
- unsurpassably — in an unsurpassable manner; in a way that cannot be surpassed
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- vandyke beard — a short, pointed beard.
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- visual binary — a binary star having components that are sufficiently separated to be resolved by a telescope.
- vulnerability — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.