11-letter words containing a, r, p, o, b
- paddleboard — a type of surfboard with one end rounded and the other tapered to a point, used chiefly in surfing and often in lifesaving.
- paper-bound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
- parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parcel bomb — explosive device in a package
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- parson bird — tui.
- patrol boat — a boat designed to patrol a coastal area, etc for security, observation and defence
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- pease-brose — brose made from a meal of dried peas
- performable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- perturbator — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- polar orbit — a spacecraft orbit that passes over, or close to, the geographic poles of the earth or some other celestial body.
- polarizable — to cause polarization in.
- 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.
- pork barrel — a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.
- port talbot — a port in SE Wales, in Neath Port Talbot county borough on Swansea Bay: established as a coal port in the mid-19th century; large steelworks; ore terminal. Pop: 35 633 (2001)
- portability — the state or quality of being portable.
- postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- power brake — an automotive brake set by pressure from some power source, as a compressed-air reservoir, in proportion to a smaller amount of pressure on the brake pedal.
- power brand — a brand of product that is a household name associated with a successful company
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- prayer book — a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.
- pre-embargo — an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
- 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.
- probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
- probability — the quality or fact of being probable.
- probational — the act of testing.
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procerebral — relating to the procerebrum
- processable — capable of being processed.
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- programable — capable of being programmed.
- projectable — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- 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
- 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.