13-letter words containing b, e, i, r
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overborrowing — to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overburdening — Present participle of overburden.
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overprescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- oversubscribe — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
- paleosiberian — a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
- pareira brava — pareira.
- parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
- parietal lobe — the middle part of each cerebral hemisphere behind the central sulcus.
- parking brake — emergency brake.
- particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
- particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
- partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
- 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.
- perboric acid — a hypothetical acid, HBO 3 , known only in the form of its salts.
- perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- perennibranch — any amphibian that retains its gills throughout its life
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
- 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.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- plain bearing — any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- pre-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- preferability — more desirable.
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
- prescriptible — subject to or suitable for prescription.