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13-letter words containing m, y

  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • 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
  • bounty jumper — in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted
  • 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.
  • bramble jelly — a jam made from blackberries
  • brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
  • brook lamprey — a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean
  • bubble memory — a method of storing high volumes of data by the use of minute pockets of magnetism (bubbles) in a semiconducting material. The bubbles may be caused to migrate past a read head or to a buffer area for storage
  • buffer memory — a temporary holding area for data
  • byte compiler — byte-code compiler
  • cable tramway — tramway (def 4).
  • calamity jane — real name Martha Canary. ?1852–1903, US frontierswoman, noted for her skill at shooting and riding
  • cambyses (ii) — died 522 b.c.; king of Persia (529-522): son of Cyrus the Great
  • camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
  • campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
  • carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
  • cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
  • caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
  • cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
  • cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
  • cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
  • chance-medley — a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing
  • chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
  • chemotaxonomy — the taxonomy of species of organisms based on biochemical characteristics
  • cherry tomato — a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry
  • chimney piece — mantelpiece
  • chimney place — an open hearth.
  • chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
  • chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
  • chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
  • chimney wheel — smokejack.
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • chimneypieces — Plural form of chimneypiece.
  • chinese money — funny money (def 3).
  • chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
  • christmas day — Christmas Day is the 25th of December, when Christmas is celebrated.
  • chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
  • chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
  • chromatolytic — relating to chromatolysis
  • chrome yellow — any yellow pigment consisting of lead chromate mixed with lead sulphate
  • chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
  • chromotherapy — the use of colour and light as a restorative therapy and to promote mental and physical well-being
  • chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
  • chymification — the process of turning into chyme
  • cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
  • cinematically — Chiefly British. motion picture.
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