11-letter words containing a, n, b, o
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- pinot blanc — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- poison bean — Also called bladderpod. a tall plant, Glottidium vesicaria, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers and pods containing highly poisonous seeds.
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- potato bean — groundnut (def 1).
- power brand — a brand of product that is a household name associated with a successful company
- preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- press baron — an influential newspaper publisher or owner who usually controls more than one widely circulated newspaper.
- proabortion — pro-choice.
- probational — the act of testing.
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- prolongable — able to be lengthened
- prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- quaking bog — a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.
- radiocarbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.
- reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- revibration — the act of vibrating.
- rex begonia — a plant, Begonia rex, native to India, having wrinkled, variegated leaves and thick, hairy stems, and cultivated in many varieties.
- rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
- robbinsdale — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- robot plane — an unmanned plane
- rod bearing — a bearing in the metal shaft that transmits power in axial reciprocating motion
- roman blind — a window blind consisting of a length of material which, when drawn up, gathers into horizontal folds from the bottom
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- round about — In spoken English, round about means approximately.
- round table — conference, meeting
- round-table — noting or pertaining to a conference, discussion, or deliberation in which each participant has equal status, equal time to present views, etc.: round-table discussions.
- rowing boat — rowboat.
- rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
- saburration — the use of heated sand in healing
- sailboating — the sport of using a sailing boat
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- sash ribbon — a strip of steel or aluminum alloy for connecting a vertically sliding window sash with a counterweight.
- second base — the second in order of the bases from home plate.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
- slant board — a tiltable board that allows a person to lie with the feet higher than the head while doing exercises.
- smoking ban — the prohibition of smoking cigarettes, etc in public places
- snob appeal — the attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority; a thing's attractiveness to snobs.