13-letter words containing y, t, r, i
- appropriately — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approximately — close to; around; roughly or in the region of
- aridity index — a number indicating how much more precipitation could be lost by evapotranspiration if it were available than is actually lost at a given location.
- arkansas city — a city in S Kansas.
- armistice day — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended World War I, on Nov 11, 1918, now kept on Remembrance Sunday
- arteriography — the X-ray examination of an artery or arterial system after injection of a contrast medium into the bloodstream
- arthritically — in an arthritic manner
- artificiality — artificial quality.
- aryepiglottic — pertaining to or connecting the arytenoid cartilage and the epiglottis.
- ascertainably — In a way that can be ascertained.
- assertability — The quality of being assertable.
- assortatively — In an assortative way.
- assortativity — (mathematics) The extent to which nodes of a graph link to others of the same degree.
- assyriologist — A person who studies ancient Assyria.
- astrodynamics — the study of the motion of natural and artificial bodies in space
- astrophysical — Of or pertaining to astrophysics.
- atomic energy — nuclear energy
- atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- australia day — a public holiday in Australia, commemorating the landing of the British in 1788: observed on January 26
- autobiography — Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
- 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.
- bacteriophagy — the action of a bacteriophage
- bacterioscopy — the examination of bacteria with a microscope.
- 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.
- beauty editor — the person in charge of a section of newspaper or magazine devoted to cosmetics, etc
- bedtime story — a story read or told to a child at bedtime
- belligerently — aggressively
- bias-ply tire — a vehicle tire in which the main plies or cords run across the bead.
- bibliothecary — a librarian
- bibliotherapy — the use of reading as therapy
- big-heartedly — in a big-hearted manner
- bill of entry — a list of goods received at a customs house for export or import
- binary system — a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
- bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
- birthday bash — a birthday party
- birthday cake — a special cake eaten at a birthday party
- birthday card — a greeting card sent on someone's birthday
- birthday girl — the girl or woman whose birthday is being celebrated
- birthday suit — If you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- breathability — fitness to be breathed
- brittany blue — a medium greenish blue.