13-letter words containing r, y, o
- buffer memory — a temporary holding area for data
- bully for you — well done! bravo!
- bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
- 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.
- burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
- butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
- 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 reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- by-your-leave — a request for permission (esp in the phrase without so much as a by-your-leave)
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- cacodyl group — the univalent group (CH 3) 2 As−, derived from arsine.
- 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
- calvary cross — a Latin cross with a representation of three steps beneath it
- 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
- canary yellow — Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.
- 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.
- 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.
- carry forward — to transfer (a balance) to the next page, column, etc
- carry through — If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
- carry too far — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- certificatory — Serving to certify something.
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
- cervicography — a method of cervical screening in which the neck of the uterus is photographed to facilitate the early detection of cancer
- charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
- charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
- cherry tomato — a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry
- child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- chlorophyll-b — the green coloring matter of leaves and plants, essential to the production of carbohydrates by photosynthesis, and occurring in a bluish-black form, C 55 H 72 MgN 4 O 5 (chlorophyll a) and a dark-green form, C 55 H 70 MgN 4 O 6 (chlorophyll b)
- chloroxylenol — (chemistry) A compound with the chemical formula C8H9ClO, commonly used in antibacterial soaps and toxic to fish.
- chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells