11-letter words containing b, i, p, o
- probabilism — Philosophy. the doctrine, introduced by the Skeptics, that certainty is impossible and that probability suffices to govern faith and practice.
- probability — the quality or fact of being probable.
- probational — the act of testing.
- probationer — a person undergoing probation or trial.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- processible — capable of being processed.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prohibition — the act of prohibiting.
- prohibitive — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
- prohibitory — prohibitive.
- protectible — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- prothrombin — a plasma protein involved in blood coagulation that on activation by factors in the plasma is converted to thrombin.
- protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- public good — benefit of all people
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- recipe book — a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes
- reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- reprobative — reprobating; expressing reprobation.
- 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).
- robespierre — Maximilien François Marie Isidore de [mak-see-mee-lyan frahn-swa ma-ree ee-zee-dawr duh] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa maˈri i ziˈdɔr də/ (Show IPA), 1758–94, French lawyer and revolutionary leader.
- robot pilot — automatic pilot.
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- saprobiotic — saprobic
- scopophobia — the fear of being observed
- 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.
- ship's boat — a boat for communication between ship and shore
- ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- splint bone — one of the rudimentary, splintlike metacarpal or metatarsal bones of the horse or some allied animal, one on each side of the back of each cannon bone.
- springboard — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stobie pole — a steel and concrete pole for supporting electricity wires
- sub-optimal — being below an optimal level or standard.
- suboptimize — to use in a way that is less than optimal
- subpanation — the belief that the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine of Communion
- subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subprioress — a nun junior to a prioress
- subsumption — an act of subsuming.
- subtropical — bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
- taboparesis — the occurrence of two conditions (general paresis and tabes dorsalis) at the same time
- taphephobia — an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
- tempolabile — changing irregularly with time
- theophobist — a person who fears or despises God or religion