13-letter words containing a, r, p, o, b
- boardroom pay — the salaries and bonuses given to the directors of a company
- booby-trapped — (of a building, vehicle, etc) planted with a booby trap
- boom operator — a person who operates a boom
- border patrol — a government agency in charge of preventing terrorists, weapons, and illegal immigrants entering the country
- boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
- breast pocket — The breast pocket of a man's coat or jacket is a pocket, usually on the inside, next to his chest.
- bring to pass — to cause to happen
- broca-aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, characterized by misarticulated speech and lack of grammatical morphemes.
- bromide paper — a type of photographic paper coated with an emulsion of silver bromide usually containing a small quantity of silver iodide
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
- brook lamprey — a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean
- brooklyn park — city in SE Minn.: suburb of Minneapolis: pop. 67,000
- burglar-proof — designed to be secure and to frustrate any attempted burglary
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
- campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
- cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
- carbolic soap — a disinfectant soap containing phenol
- carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- chamber opera — an opera requiring few performers and a small orchestra.
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- combat troops — troops who are engaged in fighting
- comparability — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- durban poison — a particularly potent variety of cannabis grown in Natal
- erythrophobia — Abnormal and persistent fear of blushing.
- exportability — The property of being exportable.
- for sb's part — When you are describing people's thoughts or actions, you can say for her part or for my part, for example, to introduce what a particular person thinks or does.
- fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- haber process — a process for synthesizing ammonia from gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure and temperature in the presence of a catalyst.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
- hyperboloidal — Having the shape or form of a hyperboloid.
- hypobaropathy — a condition produced in high altitudes, caused by diminished air pressure and reduced oxygen intake; mountain sickness.
- hypobranchial — situated below the gills or beneath the branchial arches.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.