13-letter words containing y, l, i
- autonomically — autonomous.
- autopolyploid — (of cells, organisms, etc) having more than two sets of haploid chromosomes inherited from a single species
- autostability — the property of being stable either as a result of inherent characteristics or of built-in devices
- avocationally — in one's leisure time
- axiomatically — pertaining to or of the nature of an axiom; self-evident; obvious.
- ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
- 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.
- bailey bridge — a temporary bridge made of prefabricated steel panels that can be rapidly assembled
- baily's beads — the brilliant points of sunlight that appear briefly around the moon, just before and after a total eclipse
- ballistically — of or relating to ballistics.
- balsam family — the plant family Balsaminaceae, typified by succulent stems, alternate, opposite, or whorled simple leaves, and irregular solitary or clustered flowers, including the balsam and jewelweed.
- banana family — the plant family Musaceae, characterized by large treelike herbaceous plants of tropical regions, having a trunk formed by spiraling leaf sheaths, and bearing large leaves, flower clusters above leathery red-to-purple bracts, and fleshy fruit in clusters, including the banana and plantain.
- barium yellow — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
- 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.
- baroclinicity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- barytocalcite — a mineral, double carbonate of calcium and barium, CaCO 3 ⋅BaCO 3 , usually found in veins of lead minerals.
- bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
- behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
- 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
- belly landing — the landing of an aircraft on its fuselage without use of its landing gear
- berkeley unix — Berkeley Software Distribution
- beverly hills — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles: famous as the home of film stars. Pop: 34 941 (2003 est)
- bewilderingly — extremely confusing: a bewildering schedule of events.
- beyond belief — You use beyond belief to emphasize that something is true to a very great degree or that it happened to a very great degree.
- 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
- bicycle chain — a chain that transmits power from the pedals to the driving wheel of a bicycle
- 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
- bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
- billing cycle — the schedule of recurrent times in any regular system of preparing or sending bills.
- billy the kid — nickname of William H. Bonney. 1859–81, US outlaw
- bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
- binary pulsar — a pulsar in a binary system.
- biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
- 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
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- bite your lip — If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
- bittersweetly — in a bittersweet manner
- black hickory — a species of smooth-barked hickory, Carya tomentosa, with fragrant foliage that turns bright yellow in autumn
- blastomycosis — a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs