13-letter words containing l, a, y, b
- baby elephant — a very young elephant
- backdoor play — an offensive tactic whereby a player breaks away from a defender to receive a pass near the baseline in order to make a quick layup.
- bacteriolysin — an antibody which, when it combines with bacterial cells, causes lysis of those cells, thus destroying them
- bacteriolysis — the destruction or disintegration of bacteria
- bacteriolytic — disintegration or dissolution of bacteria.
- bailey bridge — a temporary bridge made of prefabricated steel panels that can be rapidly assembled
- baily's beads — the brilliant points of sunlight that appear briefly around the moon, just before and after a total eclipse
- ballistically — of or relating to ballistics.
- balloon-berry — strawberry-raspberry.
- balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
- balsam family — the plant family Balsaminaceae, typified by succulent stems, alternate, opposite, or whorled simple leaves, and irregular solitary or clustered flowers, including the balsam and jewelweed.
- banana family — the plant family Musaceae, characterized by large treelike herbaceous plants of tropical regions, having a trunk formed by spiraling leaf sheaths, and bearing large leaves, flower clusters above leathery red-to-purple bracts, and fleshy fruit in clusters, including the banana and plantain.
- barium yellow — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
- barley stripe — a disease of barley, characterized by blighted heads and chlorotic, brown, or frayed stripes on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Helminthosporium gramineum.
- barnyard golf — Informal: Facetious. the game of horseshoes.
- baroclinicity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- barytocalcite — a mineral, double carbonate of calcium and barium, CaCO 3 ⋅BaCO 3 , usually found in veins of lead minerals.
- bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
- bay for blood — If you say that people are baying for blood, you mean that they are demanding that someone should be hurt or punished.
- bay of bengal — a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar
- bay of naples — an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy
- bay of plenty — a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
- beauty parlor — A beauty parlor is a place where women can go to have beauty treatments, for example, to have their hair, nails, or makeup done.
- behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
- believability — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- belly landing — the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear
- berkeley yacc — (tool) (byacc, previously Zeus, then Zoo) Probably the best variant of the Yacc parser generator. Written by Robert Corbett <[email protected]>.
- beyond recall — If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
- bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- bicycle chain — a chain that transmits power from the pedals to the driving wheel of a bicycle
- big gray wall — (jargon) What faces a VMS user searching for documentation. A full VMS kit comes on a pallet, the documentation taking up around 15 feet of shelf space before the addition of layered products such as compilers, databases, multi-vendor networking, and programming tools. Recent (since VMS version 5) DEC documentation comes with grey binders; under VMS version 4 the binders were orange and under version 3 they were blue. Often contracted to "Gray Wall".
- big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
- bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
- binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
- biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
- birthday girl — the girl or woman whose birthday is being celebrated
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
- black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
- black hickory — a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn
- blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
- blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
- blastomycosis — a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs
- bloody caesar — a drink consisting of vodka, juice made from clams and tomatoes, and usually Worcester sauce and hot pepper sauce
- bloody sunday — (in Northern Ireland) 30th January 1972, when British soldiers shot dead thirteen marchers in Londonderry who were protesting against the UK government's policy of internment
- blot analysis — a technique for analysing biological molecules, such as proteins (Western blot analysis), DNA (Southern blot analysis), and RNA (Northern blot analysis), involving their separation by gel electrophoresis, transfer to a nitrocellulose sheet, and subsequent analysis by autoradiography
- bobby dazzler — a person or thing that is outstanding or excellent.
- bobby-dazzler — anything outstanding, striking, or showy, esp an attractive girl