12-letter words containing b, i, p, o
- marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
- mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
- metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- mobile phone — any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.
- mobius strip — a continuous, one-sided surface formed by twisting one end of a rectangular strip through 180° about the longitudinal axis of the strip and attaching this end to the other.
- montes pubis — mons pubis
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- nobel prizes — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- ochlophobiac — a person who suffers from ochlophobia
- odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- on probation — under the supervision of a probation officer
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- paleoliberal — a person advocating a more extreme form of liberalism, especially in politics.
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- pension book — In Britain, a pension book is a small book which is given to pensioners by the government. Each week, one page can be exchanged for money at a Post Office.
- peptide bond — a covalent bond formed by joining the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another, with the removal of a molecule of water.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- photobiology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
- phytobiology — the branch of biology dealing with plants.
- piano nobile — the principal story of a large building, as of a palace or villa.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- pigeon blood — dark red.
- pillow block — a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- pipe tobacco — tobacco suitable for use in a tobacco pipe
- plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen