10-letter words containing y, i, d
- billy budd — a novella (1924) by Herman Melville.
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- biodynamic — the branch of biology dealing with energy or the activity of living organisms (opposed to biostatics).
- bipedality — the quality of having two feet
- bird's-eye — seen or photographed from high above
- blind copy — a copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.
- blindingly — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blindstory — a windowless story
- blood lily — any of various bulbous plants of the genus Haemanthus, native to Africa, having clusters of red or white flowers.
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- body fluid — any of various types of fluid found in the body of a human or animal, as blood or urine.
- body image — an individual's concept of his or her own body
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
- bradykinin — a peptide in blood plasma that dilates blood vessels and causes contraction of smooth muscles. Formula: C50H73N15O11
- bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
- broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
- bumpy ride — experience: difficult
- by dint of — If you achieve a result by dint of something, you achieve it by means of that thing.
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
- cardinally — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- cardiology — Cardiology is the study of the heart and its diseases.
- cardiotomy — (surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
- cedar city — a town in SW Utah.
- chalcidfly — any of numerous small flies of the family Chalcididae, often having bright metallic coloration, the larvae of which are chiefly parasitic on various stages of other insects.
- childishly — of, like, or befitting a child: childish games.
- chlamydiae — the sexually transmitted diseases that are due to the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis
- chlamydial — of or relating to infections caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
- chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
- cnidocysts — a nematocyst.
- codicology — the study of manuscripts
- combinedly — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- condignity — merit earned through good works while in a state of grace, and having a just claim on such rewards as heavenly glory. Compare congruity (def 4).
- copyedited — Simple past tense and past participle of copyedit.
- copyeditor — a person who edits a manuscript, text, etc., for publication, especially to find and correct errors in style, punctuation, and grammar.
- cordiality — warmth of feeling
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- countywide — Occurring or extending throughout a county.
- creditably — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- cyberdelic — Of or pertaining to a fusion of modern cyberculture with the psychedelic counterculture of the 1960s.
- cycle ride — a ride on a bicycle
- cyclodiene — a group of organic insecticides, many of which are banned in the US and Europe
- cycloidian — of or pertaining to a cycloid
- cyclopedia — encyclopedia
- cyclopedic — like a cyclopedia in character or contents; broad and varied; exhaustive.
- cylindered — Having a specified kind or number of cylinders.