11-letter words containing b, o, p
- protestable — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
- 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
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- protuberate — to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- 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.
- pulley bone — wishbone (def 1).
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- push-button — operated by or as if by push buttons: push-button tuning.
- puzzle book — a book of games or questions presenting problems that require skill or ingenuity for their solution
- pyroballogy — the study of artillery
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
- recipe book — a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- 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.
- robot plane — an unmanned plane
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- sample book — a number of pieces of fabric, wallpaper, etc fastened together at one edge, for people to examine when trying to choose which example to buy
- 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.
- set-top box — television signal converter
- 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
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- snob appeal — the attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority; a thing's attractiveness to snobs.
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- soap boiler — a manufacturer of soap
- soap bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- soap-bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- space probe — Aerospace. an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to earth.
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- splashboard — a board, guard, or screen to protect from splashing, as a dashboard of a vehicle or a guard placed over a wheel to intercept water, dirt, etc.
- 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.
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- spoon bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat.