13-letter words containing s, y, a
- autocatalyses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autocatalyse.
- autocatalysis — the catalysis of a reaction in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction
- autostability — the property of being stable either as a result of inherent characteristics or of built-in devices
- baby primrose — a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose- or lilac-colored flowers with a yellow center.
- baby snatcher — a person who steals a baby from its pram
- baby's-breath — a tall Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant, Gypsophila paniculata, bearing small white or pink fragrant flowers
- backspace key — a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that makes the carriage or cursor move backwards one space
- 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
- bacterioscopy — the examination of bacteria with a microscope.
- baily's beads — the brilliant points of sunlight that appear briefly around the moon, just before and after a total eclipse
- baker's yeast — a yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) used in baking as a leavening, as for certain breads
- ballistically — of or relating to ballistics.
- 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.
- banbury tarts — small baked pastries filled with raisins, currants, etc.
- barbary coast — coastal region of N Africa, extending from Egypt to the Atlantic, inhabited chiefly by Berbers and once (until early 19th cent.) dominated by pirates
- barbary sheep — aoudad
- 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.
- basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
- bay of biscay — a large bay of the Atlantic Ocean between W France and N Spain: notorious for storms
- bay of gdańsk — a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland
- bay of naples — an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the SW coast of Italy
- beast of prey — any animal that hunts other animals for food
- bedaux system — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- beneficiary's — a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages.
- bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
- binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
- binary search — (algorithm) A search algorithm which repeatedly divides an ordered search space in half according to how the required (key) value compares with the middle element. The following pseudo-C routine performs a binary search return the index of the element of vector "thing[first..last]" equal to "target": if (target < thing[first] || target > thing[last]) return NOT_FOUND; while (first < last) { mid = (first+last)/2; /* truncate to integer */ if (target == thing[mid]) return mid; if (target < thing[mid]) last = mid-1; else first = mid+1; } if (target == thing[last]) return last; return NOT_FOUND; (2003-01-14)
- binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
- biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
- birthday bash — a birthday party
- birthday suit — If you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes.
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- 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
- body and soul — You use body and soul to mean every part of you, including your mind and your emotions.
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
- 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.
- 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).
- boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- brain surgery — operation on the brain
- brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).