13-letter words containing y, n
- bounty jumper — in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted
- bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
- boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
- brachycranial — brachycephalic
- brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
- brain surgery — operation on the brain
- branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
- brand loyalty — the tendency of consumers to continue buying a particular brand instead of trying a different one
- brandy butter — butter and sugar creamed together with brandy and served with Christmas pudding, etc
- brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
- brazing alloy — a solder fusing at temperatures above 1200°F (650°C).
- brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- brooklyn park — city in SE Minn.: suburb of Minneapolis: pop. 67,000
- brown hickory — a North American hickory tree, Carya glabra
- bully-ragging — to bully; harass: to bullyrag fraternity plebs.
- bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
- buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
- buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
- butterfly net — a lightweight, fine net on the end of a pole used for catching butterflies
- butterfly nut — wing nut.
- butyl nitrite — a volatile liquid, C 4 H 9 NO 2 , the vapor of which can cause headache and vasodilation, used as an active ingredient in some household deodorizers, and misused by inhalation to prolong the sensation of orgasm.
- butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
- 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.
- by any chance — You can use by any chance when you are asking questions in order to find out whether something that you think might be true is actually true.
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- by definition — If you say that something has a particular quality by definition, you mean that it has this quality simply because of what it is.
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- 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
- cacophonously — In a cacophonous manner.
- café coronary — a fatal choking condition brought on when food, dentures, etc. lodge in a person's throat while he or she is eating: it is often misinterpreted as a heart attack
- calamity jane — real name Martha Canary. ?1852–1903, US frontierswoman, noted for her skill at shooting and riding
- calculatingly — In a calculating manner.
- calendar year — A calendar year is a period of twelve months from January 1 to December 31. Calendar year is often used in business to compare with the financial year.
- canary yellow — Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.
- candidate key — (database) One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key.
- candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
- candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
- candy-striper — a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.
- captivatingly — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
- carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
- 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.
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- carolina lily — a bulbous lily, Lilium michauxii, of the southeastern U.S., having large, spotted, orange-red flowers with recurved petals.
- carry the can — to take the responsibility for some misdemeanour, etc (on behalf of)
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.