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13-letter words containing b, o, n, e, t, p

  • 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.
  • pigeon breast — chicken breast.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
  • 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
  • port colborne — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
  • postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • property bond — a bond issued by a life-assurance company, the premiums for which are invested in a property-owning fund
  • proton number — the number of positive charges or protons in the nucleus of an atom of a given element, and therefore also the number of electrons normally surrounding the nucleus. Symbol: Z. Abbreviation: at. no.;
  • re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
  • spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
  • sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • telephone box — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
  • temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
  • tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
  • tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
  • uncompletable — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • unpostponable — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
  • unproblematic — not problematic, not causing difficulties or confusion; uncomplicated
  • unprotectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • unputdownable — (especially of a book or periodical) so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.
  • unsupportable — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
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