16-letter words containing b, a, l, o, p, t
- public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
- public transport — fare-paying travel
- publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
- put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
- ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
- robin's plantain — the rattlesnake weed, Hieracium venosum.
- self-approbation — approval; commendation.
- slap on the back — to congratulate
- spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- vegetable sponge — loofah (def 2).
- yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them