11-letter words containing a, b, e, t
- perturbator — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.
- pipe batten — batten2 (def 5a).
- pitta bread — a flat rounded slightly leavened bread, originally from the Middle East, with a hollow inside like a pocket, which can be filled with food
- plane table — a surveying instrument consisting of a drawing board mounted on adjustable legs, and used in the field for plotting measurements directly
- plane-table — a drawing board mounted on a tripod, used in the field, with an alidade, for surveying tracts of land.
- plate block — a block of four or more stamps containing the number or numbers of the printing plate or plates in the margin of the sheet.
- plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- potato bean — groundnut (def 1).
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- practicable — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
- preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
- prediabetes — a condition in which carbohydrate metabolism is mildly abnormal but other criteria indicating diabetes mellitus are absent.
- prediabetic — a person suffering from prediabetes
- predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- prepubertal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- presentable — that may be presented.
- preventable — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- private bar — the saloon or lounge bar of a public house
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- projectable — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- protectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- protuberate — to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
- pyramid bet — a set of bets on two or more horse races or other sporting events in which the stake and winnings from the first bet automatically become the stake in the next bet, and so on as long as each bet wins.
- quarter bar — a strut for bracing the central post of a windmill.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quatre bras — a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
- quite a bit — a small piece or quantity of anything: a bit of string.
- rabattement — the act of rabatting
- rabbit ears — an indoor television antenna consisting of two telescoping, swivel-based aerials.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- racquetball — a game similar to handball, played on a four-walled court but with a short-handled, strung racket and a larger, somewhat softer ball.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- range table — one of a number of identical small tables that can be used together to form a single table.
- raster burn — 1. (Or terminal illness) Eyestrain brought on by too many hours of looking at low-resolution, poorly tuned, or glare-ridden monitors, especially graphics monitors. 2. The "burn-in" condition your CRT tends to get if you don't use a screen saver.
- rate rebate — (formerly) a reduction in the amount of rates that a person had to pay
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- rattlebrain — a giddy, empty-headed, talkative person.
- readability — Also, readableness. the state or quality of being readable.
- reattribute — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- rebarbative — causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.