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13-letter words containing o, r, a, n, y

  • binary weapon — a chemical weapon consisting of a projectile containing two substances separately that mix to produce a lethal agent when the projectile is fired
  • black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
  • 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
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
  • boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
  • boundary scan — The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the standardisation work).
  • brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
  • brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
  • brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
  • brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
  • bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
  • brooklyn park — city in SE Minn.: suburb of Minneapolis: pop. 67,000
  • 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.
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
  • café coronary — a fatal choking condition brought on when food, dentures, etc. lodge in a person's throat while he or she is eating: it is often misinterpreted as a heart attack
  • canary yellow — Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.
  • 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
  • cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
  • carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
  • carolina lily — a bulbous lily, Lilium michauxii, of the southeastern U.S., having large, spotted, orange-red flowers with recurved petals.
  • caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
  • clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
  • claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
  • close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • cockney bream — a young snapper fish
  • commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
  • commissionary — Of, relating to, or conferring a commission.
  • common canary — See under canary (def 1).
  • common prayer — the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
  • communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
  • company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
  • complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
  • complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
  • concert party — a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
  • concessionary — A concessionary price is a special price which is lower than the normal one and which is often given to old people, students, and the unemployed.
  • conclusionary — conclusory
  • concretionary — formed by concretion; consisting of concreted matter or masses.
  • confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
  • confectionary — a place where confections are kept or made
  • confessionary — of or relating to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.
  • confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
  • conjecturally — of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture; problematical: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are highly conjectural.
  • connaturality — the quality of being connatural
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