10-letter words containing y, e, t
- 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.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- beatifying — Present participle of beatify.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- belly girt — girth (def 2).
- belly tank — a fuel tank in the belly of a plane
- belly-bust — belly-flop.
- benin city — a city in S Nigeria, capital of Edo state: former capital of the kingdom of Benin. Pop: 1 022 000 (2005 est)
- benzoylate — to introduce the benzoyl group into (an organic compound).
- berecyntia — Cybele.
- berryfruit — any edible berry such as a raspberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant, or strawberry
- besottedly — in a besotted manner
- 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.
- betweenity — the state of lying between two extremes
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- biotherapy — the treatment of disease by means of substances, as serums, vaccines, penicillin, etc., secreted by or derived from living organisms
- bipedality — the quality of having two feet
- bit player — a person with a very small acting role with few lines to speak
- blood type — Someone's blood type is the same as their blood group.
- bluest eye — a novel (1970) by Toni Morrison.
- bog myrtle — sweet gale.
- boot money — unofficial bonuses in the form of illegal cash payments made by a professional sports club to its players
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- brontobyte — 1027 or 290 bytes
- 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
- bully tree — any of several tropical American trees of the sapodilla family that yield balata
- buy-to-let — of or relating to the practice of buying a property to let to tenants rather than to live in onself
- 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 request — in accordance with someone's desire
- by the bye — incidentally; by the way: used as a sentence connector
- by the lee — so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
- 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.
- bytesexual — (jargon) /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
- cacodylate — a salt of cacodylic acid.
- cad system — A CAD system is a computer system for designing parts or products before they are manufactured.
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- calyculate — having a calycule
- campimetry — a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- case study — A case study is a written account that gives detailed information about a person, group, or thing and their development over a period of time.
- castellany — the office or position of a castellan