13-letter words containing y, s
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- 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.
- bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
- botryomycosis — a disease, usually of horses, caused by a bacterial infection (usually, Staphylococcus aureus) producing tumorous growths esp. after castration or a wound or injury
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- boundary scan — The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the standardisation work).
- box jellyfish — any of various highly venomous jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, esp Chironex fleckeri, of Australian tropical waters, having a cuboidal body with tentacles hanging from each of the lower corners
- boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- brain surgery — operation on the brain
- brass foundry — a foundry that makes things from brass
- breeches buoy — a ring-shaped life buoy with a support in the form of a pair of short breeches, in which a person is suspended for safe transfer from a ship
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
- burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
- butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
- butler's tray — a tray resting on or attached to an X-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses
- butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- buzzard's bay — an inlet of the Atlantic, in SE Massachusetts. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- by (all) odds — by far; unquestionably
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- 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 yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- 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.
- calisaya bark — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
- calvary cross — a Latin cross with a representation of three steps beneath it
- cambyses (ii) — died 522 b.c.; king of Persia (529-522): son of Cyrus the Great
- 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.
- caraway seeds — the pungent aromatic one-seeded fruit of the caraway plant, used in cooking and in medicine
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
- cassel yellow — a lemon-yellow color.
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
- casualty list — a list of servicemen who have been killed, wounded, captured, or gone missing as a result of enemy action
- casualty ward — a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
- cesky terrier — a sturdy long-bodied short-legged variety of terrier with a wavy grey or light brown coat
- charles lyell — Sir Charles, 1797–1875, English geologist.
- charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
- chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse