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13-letter words containing t, r, y

  • baby-batterer — a person who physically abuses a baby or young child
  • 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.
  • bacteriophagy — the action of a bacteriophage
  • bacterioscopy — the examination of bacteria with a microscope.
  • baker's yeast — a yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) used in baking as a leavening, as for certain breads
  • balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • bbn butterfly — (computer)   A supercomputer developed at BBN Technologies, named after the "butterfly" multi-stage switching network around which it was built. It could have up to 512 CPUs connected to allow every CPU access to every other CPU's memory, albeit with about 15 times the latency than for its own. The earlier GP-1000 models used up to 256 Motorola 68020s. The later TC-2000 models used up to 512 Motorola 88100s. Language developed for, or ported to, the BBN Butterfly were Butterfly Common LISP, Butterfly Scheme, Delirium, and MultiScheme.
  • beast of prey — any animal that hunts other animals for food
  • beauty editor — the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics, etc
  • 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.
  • bedtime story — a story read or told to a child at bedtime
  • belligerently — aggressively
  • bharat natyam — a form of Indian classical ballet
  • bharata natya — a traditional south Indian dance style, formerly performed only by devadasis.
  • 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
  • big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
  • bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
  • binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
  • bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • birthday bash — a birthday party
  • birthday cake — a special cake eaten at a birthday party
  • birthday card — a greeting card sent on someone's birthday
  • birthday girl — the girl or woman whose birthday is being celebrated
  • birthday suit — If you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes.
  • bite your lip — If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
  • bittersweetly — in a bittersweet manner
  • 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
  • body-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points at the centers of the unit cells.
  • booby-trapped — (of a building, vehicle, etc) planted with a booby trap
  • 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 hunter — A bounty hunter is someone who tries to find or kill someone in order to get the reward that has been offered.
  • bounty jumper — in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted
  • brachydactyly — abnormal shortness of the fingers and toes.
  • brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
  • brachytherapy — a form of radiotherapy in which sealed sources of radioactive material are inserted temporarily into body cavities or directly into tumours
  • 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.
  • brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
  • brandy butter — butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc
  • breathability — fitness to be breathed
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