12-letter words containing b, e, l, p
- cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- cape buffalo — a large, black, nearly hairless, very fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of South Africa, with horns joined at the bases to form a helmetlike structure
- capped elbow — a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.
- cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
- clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
- cleptobiosis — an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
- culpableness — The state or quality of being culpable.
- cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
- debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- displaceable — Capable of being displaced.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- double piece — a piece of plate armor for reinforcing or replacing a piece ordinarily used in a suit.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- ephebophilia — the condition of being sexually attracted to adolescents
- equiprobable — (of two or more things ) equally likely to occur; having equal probability.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- helping verb — auxiliary verb.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- imperforable — not able to be perforated
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.