15-letter words containing y, i
- attitude survey — a survey of the opinions held by a particular group of people
- audio frequency — a frequency in the range 20 hertz to 20 000 hertz. A sound wave of this frequency would be audible to the human ear
- audubon society — a North American organization devoted to the conservancy of birds
- austria-hungary — the Dual Monarchy established in 1867, consisting of what are now Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and parts of Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and Italy. The empire was broken up after World War I
- authoritatively — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- autolithography — a lithographic technique by which the artist draws or traces with a brush and pen directly on a stone or plate.
- automorphically — in an automorphic manner
- autoradiography — the technique or process of making autoradiographs.
- autorhythmicity — The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
- autotetraploidy — the generation of the tetraploid state, created by the fusing of two nuclei from the same species
- autotrophically — through an autotrophic process
- auxiliary rotor — the tail rotor of a helicopter, used for directional and rotary control
- away-going crop — a crop planted by a tenant that matures after the expiration of the tenancy and is rightfully the tenant's to harvest.
- azuchi-momoyama — a period of Japanese art, 1568–1600, characterized by construction of imposing, elegant castles and small, unadorned teahouses, lavish decorative arts, and bright-colored painting.
- baconian theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon.
- bahasa malaysia — the dialect of Malay used as the official language of Malaysia.
- barberry family — the plant family Berberidaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants having very varied leaves and flowers and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the barberry, May apple, and Oregon grape.
- barley sandwich — a drink of beer, esp at lunch time
- barry mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria: part of the Australian Alps
- barycentrically — In a barycentric manner.
- basic anhydride — a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound: an oxide of a nonmetal (acid anhydride) or a metal (basic anhydride) that forms an acid or a base, respectively, when united with water.
- basidiomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
- bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
- battery farming — the activity of using batteries for raising poultry
- battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
- bayonet fitting — a type of fastening in which a cylindrical member is inserted into a socket against spring pressure and turned so that pins on its side engage in slots in the socket
- be carried away — to be moved to great or unreasoning emotion or enthusiasm
- beginning rhyme — the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words; alliteration, as in The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.
- belladonna lily — a tropical bulbous plant (Amaryllis belladonna) of the lily family, grown for its large pink, white, or red flowers and native to S Africa
- benefit payment — a payment of money by the government to people who are ill, unemployed, poor or who have children
- benefit society — an organization which, by means of dues, secures for its members certain benefits, such as life insurance, hospitalization, etc.
- benefits agency — an agency that handles the payment of benefits
- benzoglyoxaline — benzimidazole.
- benzyl chloride — a colorless, corrosive liquid, C 7 H 7 Cl, used chiefly as an intermediate in the synthesis of benzyl compounds.
- benzyl fluoride — a colorless liquid, C 7 H 7 F, used in organic synthesis.
- beyond question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- bias (ply) tire — a motor vehicle tire having a foundation of plies of rubberized cords in a crisscross pattern of lines diagonal to the center line of the tread
- bicycle touring — the activity of touring on a bicycle
- bidirectionally — in a bidirectional manner
- big bang theory — In astronomy the big bang theory is a theory that suggests that the universe was created as a result of an extremely large explosion.
- big muddy river — a river in SW Illinois, flowing SW into the Mississippi. About 120 miles (195 km) long.
- big sandy creek — a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- binary notation — a number system having a base of two, numbers being expressed by sequences of the digits 0 and 1: used in computing, as 0 and 1 can be represented electrically as off and on
- bioavailability — the extent to which a drug or other substance is taken up by a specific tissue or organ after administration; the proportion of the dose of a drug that reaches the systemic circulation intact after administration by a route other than intravenous
- biobibliography — a bibliography containing biographical sketches of the authors listed.
- biogeochemistry — the science of biological, chemical, and geological aspects of the environment
- biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
- biopsychologist — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
- biostratigraphy — the examination of the ages of rock strata by using fossils
- bird's eye view — You say that you have a bird's eye view of a place when you are looking down at it from a great height, so that you can see a long way but everything looks very small.