13-letter words containing y, e, t, i
- antiobscenity — opposed to or working to combat obscenity
- antisexuality — the opposition to sexuality or sexual activity
- antisterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- antisymmetric — (of a relation) never holding between a pair of arguments x and y when it holds between y and x except when x = y, as "…is no younger than…"
- anything goes — If people say 'anything goes', they mean that anything people say or do is considered acceptable, and usually they mean that they do not approve of this.
- apathetically — having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
- appealability — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- appellatively — (grammar) After the manner of appellative nouns; so as to express whole classes or species.
- applicatively — In an applicative manner.
- appropriately — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
- aridity index — a number indicating how much more precipitation could be lost by evapotranspiration if it were available than is actually lost at a given location.
- armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
- arteriography — the X-ray examination of an artery or arterial system after injection of a contrast medium into the bloodstream
- aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
- as is the way — You can use as is the way to say that a particular situation or example of behaviour is typical and you would not expect it to be different.
- ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
- assembly time — the time required for a computer to translate symbolic computer language into machine-language instructions.
- assertability — The quality of being assertable.
- assessability — The quality of being assessable.
- associatively — in an associative or connective manner
- assortatively — In an assortative way.
- atheistically — pertaining to or characteristic of atheists or atheism; containing, suggesting, or disseminating atheism: atheistic literature; atheistic people.
- athematically — in an athematic manner
- atomic energy — nuclear energy
- atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- atypicalities — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
- 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.
- 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.
- barytocalcite — a mineral, double carbonate of calcium and barium, CaCO 3 ⋅BaCO 3 , usually found in veins of lead minerals.
- 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
- bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
- beauty editor — the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics, etc
- bedtime story — a story read or told to a child at bedtime
- belief system — The belief system of a person or society is the set of beliefs that they have about what is right and wrong and what is true and false.
- believability — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- belligerently — aggressively
- bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
- bible society — a Christian organization devoted to the printing and distribution of the Bible.
- 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
- billy the kid — nickname of William H. Bonney. 1859–81, US outlaw