14-letter words that end in y
- augmentatively — In an augmentative fashion.
- autocoprophagy — the consumption of one's own faeces
- autocratically — In an autocratic manner.
- autopolyploidy — having more than two haploid sets of chromosomes that are derived from the same ancestral species.
- autoreactivity — (immunology) The condition of being autoreactive.
- autotypography — a process in which drawings are executed on gelatin before being impressed on a soft metal plate to allow for printing
- avalanche lily — a wildflower (Erythronium montanum) of the lily family, native to the mountain meadows of Washington and Oregon and blooming in June among the melting snowbanks
- avoidance play — a play by the declarer designed to prevent a particular opponent from taking the lead.
- award ceremony — ceremony at which an award is presented
- b power supply — Electronics. B supply.
- bachelor party — A bachelor party is a party for a man who is getting married very soon, to which only men are invited.
- backbreakingly — In a backbreaking manner.
- barometrically — By means of a barometer.
- base community — (especially in South America) a group of people taking part in religious devotions and Bible study, who seek to apply this in their socioeconomic and political situation.
- basic industry — an industry which is highly important in a nation's economy
- basque country — Theregion comprising three provinces in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, inhabited by Basques: 2,803 sq mi (7,260 sq km); pop. 2,104,000
- bastard ridley — ridley (def 1).
- bastard-ridley — ridley (def 1).
- bathing beauty — an attractive girl in a swimming costume
- bight of bonny — a wide bay at the E end of the Gulf of Guinea off the coasts of Nigeria and Cameroon
- binding energy — the energy that must be supplied to a stable nucleus before it can undergo fission. It is equal to the mass defect
- bioarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the remains of living things
- bioclimatology — the study of the effects of climatic conditions on living organisms
- bioelectricity — electricity generated by a living organism
- biometeorology — the study of the effect of weather conditions on living organisms
- bird sanctuary — an area of land in which birds are protected and encouraged to breed
- birthday party — a party to celebrate someone's birthday
- bitmap display — (hardware) A computer output device where each pixel displayed on the monitor screen corresponds directly to one or more bits in the computer's video memory. Such a display can be updated extremely rapidly since changing a pixel involves only a single processor write to memory compared with a terminal or VDU connected via a serial line where the speed of the serial line limits the speed at which the display can be changed. Most modern personal computers and workstations have bitmap displays, allowing the efficient use of graphical user interfaces, interactive graphics and a choice of on-screen fonts. Some more expensive systems still delegate graphics operations to dedicated hardware such as graphics accelerators. The bitmap display might be traced back to the earliest days of computing when the Manchester University Mark I(?) computer, developed by F.C. Williams and T. Kilburn shortly after the Second World War. This used a storage tube as its working memory. Phosphor dots were used to store single bits of data which could be read by the user and interpreted as binary numbers.
- black mulberry — a small deciduous tree, Morus nigra, with small leaves, producing edible fruit
- blended family — a social unit consisting of two previously married parents and the children of their former marriages
- blepharoplasty — cosmetic surgery performed on the eyelid
- blue-arsed fly — a blowfly; bluebottle
- blue-eyed mary — a blue-flowered boraginaceous plant, Omphalodes verna, native to S Europe and cultivated in Britain
- bluebottle fly — any of several iridescent blue blow flies, especially those of the genus Calliphora, some of which are parasitic on domestic animals.
- boarding party — group of officers or sailors who board a ship
- bonded-whiskey — something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
- brazilian ruby — a light-rose spinel used as a gem: not a true ruby.
- breathtakingly — thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance.
- broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
- bubble company — a company whose shares are highly valued and then plummet
- business reply — a form of mail, as a postcard, letter, or envelope, usually sent as an enclosure, and which can be mailed back by respondents without their having to pay postage.
- buttermilk sky — a cloudy sky resembling the mottled or clabbered appearance of buttermilk.
- c power supply — a battery or other source of power for supplying a constant voltage bias to a control electrode of a vacuum tube.
- cabalistically — In a cabalistic manner.
- call into play — to begin to operate
- caller display — a facility which shows the number of an incoming call
- caloric energy — energy measured in calories
- caltrop family — the plant family Zygophyllaceae, typified by tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having pinnate leaves, solitary or paired regular flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the creosote bush, lignum vitae, and puncture vine.
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.