13-letter words containing b, y, t
- body-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points at the centers of the unit cells.
- bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
- bonnet monkey — an Indian macaque, Macaca radiata, with a bonnet-like tuft of hair
- booby-trapped — (of a building, vehicle, etc) planted with a booby trap
- botryomycosis — a disease, usually of horses, caused by a bacterial infection (usually, Staphylococcus aureus) producing tumorous growths esp. after castration or a wound or injury
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- bounty hunter — A bounty hunter is someone who tries to find or kill someone in order to get the reward that has been offered.
- bounty jumper — in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted
- boycott apple — (legal) Some time before 1989, Apple Computer, Inc. started a lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft, claiming they had breeched Apple's copyright on the look and feel of the Macintosh user interface. In December 1989, Xerox failed to sue Apple Computer, claiming that the software for Apple's Lisa computer and Macintosh Finder, both copyrighted in 1987, were derived from two Xerox programs: Smalltalk, developed in the mid-1970s and Star, copyrighted in 1981. Apple wanted to stop people from writing any program that worked even vaguely like a Macintosh. If such look and feel lawsuits succeed they could put an end to free software that could substitute for commercial software. In the weeks after the suit was filed, Usenet reverberated with condemnation for Apple. GNU supporters Richard Stallman, John Gilmore and Paul Rubin decided to take action against Apple. Apple's reputation as a force for progress came from having made better computers; but The League for Programming Freedom believed that Apple wanted to make all non-Apple computers worse. They therefore campaigned to discourage people from using Apple products or working for Apple or any other company threatening similar obstructionist tactics (e.g. Lotus and Xerox). Because of this boycott the Free Software Foundation for a long time didn't support Macintosh Unix in their software. In 1995, the LPF and the FSF decided to end the boycott.
- boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
- brachydactyly — abnormal shortness of the fingers and toes.
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- brachytherapy — a form of radiotherapy in which sealed sources of radioactive material are inserted temporarily into body cavities or directly into tumours
- brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
- brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
- brandy butter — butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc
- breathability — fitness to be breathed
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
- bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
- buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
- buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
- butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
- butler's tray — a tray resting on or attached to an X-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses
- butterfly net — a lightweight, fine net on the end of a pole used for catching butterflies
- butterfly nut — wing nut.
- butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
- butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- butyl acetate — a colourless liquid with a fruity odour, existing in four isomeric forms. Three of the isomers are important solvents for cellulose lacquers. Formula: CH3COOC4H9
- butyl alcohol — any of four isomeric alcohols, C4H9OH, obtained from petroleum products: used as solvents and in organic synthesis
- butyl nitrite — a volatile liquid, C 4 H 9 NO 2 , the vapor of which can cause headache and vasodilation, used as an active ingredient in some household deodorizers, and misused by inhalation to prolong the sensation of orgasm.
- butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
- butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
- butyryl group — the univalent group C 4 H 7 O–.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- by definition — If you say that something has a particular quality by definition, you mean that it has this quality simply because of what it is.
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- cable tramway — tramway (def 4).
- calculability — determinable by calculation; ascertainable: This map was designed so that distances by road are easily calculable.
- campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
- carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
- carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
- carpetbaggery — the practice of being a carpetbagger
- catabolically — In terms of catabolism.
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.