13-letter words containing b, a, p, t
- process table — (operating system, process) A table containing all of the information that must be saved when the CPU switches from running one process to another in a multitasking system. The information in the process table allows the suspended process to be restarted at a later time as if it had never been stopped. Every process has an entry in the table. These entries are known as process control blocks and contain the following information: process state - information needed so that the process can be loaded into memory and run, such as the program counter, the stack pointer, and the values of registers. memory state - details of the memory allocation such as pointers to the various memory areas used by the program resource state - information regarding the status of files being used by the process such as user ID. Accounting and scheduling information. An example of a UNIX process table is shown below. SLOT ST PID PGRP UID PRI CPU EVENT NAME FLAGS 0 s 0 0 0 95 0 runout sched load sys 1 s 1 0 0 66 1 u init load 2 s 2 0 0 95 0 10bbdc vhand load sys SLOT is the entry number of the process. ST shows whether the process is paused or sleeping (s), ready to run (r), or running on a CPU (o). PID is the process ID. PGRP is the process Group. UID is the user ID. PRI is the priority of the process from 127 (highest) to 0 (lowest). EVENT is the event on which a process is paused or sleeping. NAME is the name of the process. FLAGS are the process flags. A process that has died but still has an entry in the process table is called a zombie process.
- profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- promotability — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
- punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- repairability — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- repeatability — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
- replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
- representable — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- republication — publication anew.
- septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
- slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
- snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
- subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
- temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
- thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
- the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.
- the big apple — New York City
- the-big-apple — New York City.
- thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
- tobacco plant — any of numerous solanaceous plants of the genus Nicotiana, having mildly narcotic properties, tapering hairy leaves, and tubular or funnel-shaped fragrant flowers. The species N. tabacum is cultivated as the chief source of commercial tobacco
- tobacco pouch — a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
- tramping club — an organization of people who walk for recreation, esp in the bush
- triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
- trumpet blast — the sound of a single note made by a trumpet
- tuva republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous. Capital: Kizyl. Pop: 305 500 (2002). Area: 170 500 sq km (65 800 sq miles)
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- umbrella step — (in the game of giant steps) a step executed by extending one foot forward and whirling on the heel.
- uncompletable — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- unperturbable — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.