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13-letter words containing y, g

  • bay of bengal — a wide arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and Myanmar
  • bay of gdańsk — a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland
  • belligerently — aggressively
  • belly landing — the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear
  • benzoyl group — the univalent group C 7 H 5 O–, derived from benzoic acid.
  • berkeley logo — (language)   A Logo interpreter by Brian Harvey <[email protected]>. Berkeley Logo programs will run on Unix, IBM PC, or Macintosh. It doesn't do anything fancy about graphics and only allows one turtle. Version: 4.6, as of 2000-03-21.
  • bewilderingly — extremely confusing: a bewildering schedule of events.
  • big gray wall — (jargon)   What faces a VMS user searching for documentation. A full VMS kit comes on a pallet, the documentation taking up around 15 feet of shelf space before the addition of layered products such as compilers, databases, multi-vendor networking, and programming tools. Recent (since VMS version 5) DEC documentation comes with grey binders; under VMS version 4 the binders were orange and under version 3 they were blue. Often contracted to "Gray Wall".
  • big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
  • billing cycle — the schedule of recurrent times in any regular system of preparing or sending bills.
  • bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • biopsychology — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
  • biospeleology — the study of organisms that live in caves.
  • biotechnology — Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
  • birthday girl — the girl or woman whose birthday is being celebrated
  • blow sky-high — to destroy completely
  • body building — the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.
  • body language — Your body language is the way in which you show your feelings or thoughts to other people by means of the position or movements of your body, rather than with words.
  • body piercing — the practice of making holes in the navel , nipples, etc so that jewellery can be worn in them
  • body shopping — the purchasing of manpower from another country, usually one where wages are cheap
  • body stocking — A body stocking is a piece of clothing that covers the whole of someone's body and fits tightly. Body stockings are often worn by dancers.
  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • boroglyceride — any compound containing boric acid and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
  • bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
  • boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
  • brain surgery — operation on the brain
  • brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
  • 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.
  • bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
  • bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
  • burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
  • butyryl group — the univalent group C 4 H 7 O–.
  • by a long way — You can use by a long way to emphasize that something is, for example, much better, worse, or bigger than any other thing of that kind.
  • bypass engine — a gas turbine in which a part of the compressor delivery bypasses the combustion zone, flowing directly into or around the main exhaust gas flow to provide additional thrust
  • cacodyl group — the univalent group (CH 3) 2 As−, derived from arsine.
  • calculatingly — In a calculating manner.
  • captivatingly — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
  • card-carrying — A card-carrying member of a particular group or political party is an official member of that group or party, rather than someone who supports it.
  • cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
  • carpetbaggery — the practice of being a carpetbagger
  • carry through — If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
  • categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • cervicography — a method of cervical screening in which the neck of the uterus is photographed to facilitate the early detection of cancer
  • cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
  • changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
  • charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
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