13-letter words containing b, a, p, t
- partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- patentability — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- peanut butter — a paste made from ground roasted peanuts, used as a spread or in cookery.
- pebble heater — a heat exchanger utilizing refractory pellets to store and give off heat.
- peccatophobia — an abnormal fear of sinning.
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- pentasyllable — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- pentobarbital — a barbiturate, C 1 1 H 1 7 N 2 O 3 , used as a hypnotic and as a sedative.
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- pilot balloon — a balloon for the visual observation of upper-atmosphere wind currents.
- placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
- plant breeder — a botanist concerned with the origin and evolution of plants
- play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
- play-the-ball — a method for bringing the ball back into play after a tackle, in which the tackled player is allowed to stand up and kick or heel the ball behind him or her to a team-mate
- pleasure boat — recreational vessel
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
- postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- potato beetle — a black and yellow leaf beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, originally of Colorado and neighboring states but now a common pest in all potato-growing regions of the U.S.
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- pre-celebrate — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- preferability — more desirable.
- price bracket — a notional range of prices which consumers are prepared to pay for a good
- prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
- private label — the label of a product, or the product itself, sold under the name of a wholesaler or retailer, by special arrangement with the manufacturer or producer.
- pro-abolition — the act of abolishing: the abolition of war.
- probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
- probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
- problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
- problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.