13-letter words containing y, a, r, b
- 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
- brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
- brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
- breathability — fitness to be breathed
- bridge player — a person who plays the game of bridge
- brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- brook lamprey — a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean
- brooklyn park — city in SE Minn.: suburb of Minneapolis: pop. 67,000
- buffalo berry — a shrub (genus Shepherdia) of the oleaster family, native to W North America, with silvery leaves
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- 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
- butler's tray — a tray resting on or attached to an X-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses
- butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
- butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
- buzzard's bay — an inlet of the Atlantic, in SE Massachusetts. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- by-your-leave — a request for permission (esp in the phrase without so much as a by-your-leave)
- cable railway — a railway on which individual cars are drawn along by a strong cable or metal chain operated by a stationary motor
- cable tramway — tramway (def 4).
- calisaya bark — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
- 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
- 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.
- carpetbaggery — the practice of being a carpetbagger
- chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- charitability — Charitableness.
- cherry brandy — a red liqueur made of brandy flavoured with cherries
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- city chambers — (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall
- class library — (programming) A library of reusable classes for use with an object-oriented programming system.
- cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
- cockney bream — a young snapper fish
- colorado ruby — a fire-red form of garnet found in Colorado and other parts of North America
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- comparability — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- corroboratory — Serving to corroborate or strengthen.
- cranberry bog — a bog in which cranberry plants are cultivated.
- crayola books — (publication) A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.