11-letter words containing b, i, p, n
- obstipation — obstinate constipation.
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- pan-arabism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the Arab nations.
- parking bay — a space in a car park designed to be large enough to park a vehicle in
- parson bird — tui.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- pencil beam — a cone-shaped radar beam.
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- phonophobia — an intense fear of noises
- piebaldness — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- pig boiling — wet puddling.
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pine barren — a tract of sandy or peaty soil in which pine trees are the principal growth, as in low-lying areas near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
- pine-barren — a tract of sandy or peaty soil in which pine trees are the principal growth, as in low-lying areas near the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- pinot blanc — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- pipe batten — batten2 (def 5a).
- pitchblende — a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.
- piz bernina — a mountain in SE Switzerland, the highest peak of the Bernina Alps in the S Rhaetian Alps. Height: 4049 m (13 284 ft)
- plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- plebeianize — to make popular or vulgar
- plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- poison bean — Also called bladderpod. a tall plant, Glottidium vesicaria, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers and pods containing highly poisonous seeds.
- pouring box — tundish (def 2).
- pre-bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- precambrian — noting or pertaining to the earliest era of earth history, ending 570 million years ago, during which the earth's crust formed and life first appeared in the seas.
- prehensible — able to be seized or grasped.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- proabortion — pro-choice.
- probational — the act of testing.
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- prohibition — the act of prohibiting.
- prothrombin — a plasma protein involved in blood coagulation that on activation by factors in the plasma is converted to thrombin.
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- publishings — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- publishment — publication.
- pudibundity — prudery
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- ribbon copy — the original copy of a number of typewritten copies (distinguished from carbon copy).
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- scotophobin — a peptide isolated from the brains of rats conditioned to avoid darkness, alleged to induce a dark-avoidance response in untrained rats, mice, and other animals.
- spellbinder — a person or thing that spellbinds, especially a powerful speaker who can captivate an audience.
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion