10-letter words containing y, a, t
- baptistery — a place, esp. a part of a church, used for baptizing
- bardolatry — idolatry or excessive admiration of William Shakespeare
- barycenter — (physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal.
- barycentre — a centre of mass, esp of the earth-moon system or the solar system
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- bathymeter — An instrument used to measure the depth of water in oceans, seas, or lakes.
- bathymetry — measurement of the depth of an ocean or other large body of water
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- batter-fry — to coat with batter and fry in deep fat.
- battle cry — A battle cry is a phrase that is used to encourage people to support a particular cause or campaign.
- bay antler — the second branch from the base of a deer's horn
- bay street — the financial centre of Toronto, in which Canada's largest stock exchange is situated
- bay wreath — (In Greek and Roman times) a wreath of laurel leaves, worn by a victor
- bayoneting — (US) present participle of bayonet.
- bayonetted — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of bayonet.
- beatifying — Present participle of beatify.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- belly tank — a fuel tank in the belly of a plane
- benzoylate — to introduce the benzoyl group into (an organic compound).
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- beta decay — the radioactive transformation of an atomic nucleus accompanying the emission of an electron. It involves unit change of atomic number but none in mass number
- betacyanin — any one of a group of red nitrogenous pigments found in certain plants, such as beetroot
- betty lamp — an Early American lamp, consisting of a shallow, covered basin filled with oil, tallow, etc., providing fuel for a wick housed in a teapotlike spout, and often hung by a hook or suspended from a chain.
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- bipedality — the quality of having two feet
- bipolarity — having two poles, as the earth.
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- bitonality — the quality of two musical keys being played simultaneously
- blast away — If a gun, or a person firing a gun, blasts away, the gun is fired continuously for a period of time.
- blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- booby-trap — A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched.
- booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
- botany bay — an inlet of the Tasman Sea, on the SE coast of Australia: surrounded by the suburbs of Sydney
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- bounty bag — a set of free samples, such as nappies and creams, given to mothers leaving hospital with a new baby
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- braggartly — in a braggart or boastful manner
- buddy seat — a seat on a motorcycle or moped for the driver and a passenger sitting one behind the other.
- budget day — the day on which the Chancellor presents his budget to parliament
- buffy coat — a yellowish-white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood, covers the red blood cells.
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
- by mistake — accidentally, not on purpose
- by the way — You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of.