13-letter words containing b, e, n, a
- 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
- perennibranch — any amphibian that retains its gills throughout its life
- personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
- 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.
- phony-baloney — nonsense; baloney.
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- plant breeder — a botanist concerned with the origin and evolution of plants
- 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
- pomme blanche — breadroot.
- pompano beach — a city in SE Florida.
- postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
- pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
- premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
- prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
- pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
- punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
- quarantinable — Subject to quarantine; under quarantine.
- quarter-bound — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- queer-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked verbal or physical assaults upon homosexuals or supposed homosexuals
- rabbit warren — warren.
- rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
- rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
- rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
- random number — pseudorandom number
- random rubble — masonry in which untooled stones are set without coursing
- rattlebrained — foolish; flighty; scatterbrained.
- rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
- re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
- rearrangeable — to place in proper, desired, or convenient order; adjust properly: to arrange books on a shelf.
- reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- reattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
- recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
- recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
- recommendable — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again