16-letter words containing b, o, p

public relations — (used with a plural verb) the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc.
public schoolboy — a boy attending a public school, or a man who attended one
public transport — fare-paying travel
publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
publishing house — a company that publishes books, pamphlets, engravings, or the like: a venerable publishing house in Boston.
put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
rainbow seaperch — an embiotocid fish, Hypsurus caryi, living off the Pacific coast of North America, having red, orange, and blue stripes on the body.
ramen profitable — If a startup business is ramen profitable, it is barely profitable, just enough to allow the founder to live on the cheapest diet.
responsibilities — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
robin's plantain — the rattlesnake weed, Hieracium venosum.
safe deposit box — A safe deposit box is a small box, usually kept in a special room in a bank, in which you can store valuable objects.
safe-deposit box — a lockable metal box or drawer, especially in a bank vault, used for safely storing valuable papers, jewelry, etc.
self-approbation — approval; commendation.
sharpe's grysbok — either of two small, usually solitary antelopes of southern Africa, Raphicerus melanotis, or R. sharpei (Sharpe's grysbok) having a light to dark reddish-brown coat speckled with white.
showbiz reporter — a journalist who writes about the entertainment industry
showy crab apple — a large Japanese bush or tree, Malus floribunda, of the rose family, having red fruit and rose-colored flowers that fade to white.
slap on the back — to congratulate
slave labor camp — labor camp (def 1).
soapberry family — the plant family Sapindaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, or herbaceous vines having compound leaves, clustered flowers, and berrylike, fleshy, or capsular fruit, and including the balloon vine, golden rain tree, litchi, and soapberry.
sodium perborate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NaBO 2 ⋅3H 2 O or NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and antiseptic.
southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
spectrobolometer — an instrument consisting of a spectroscope and a bolometer, for determining the distribution of radiant energy in a spectrum.
stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
sub-postmistress — (in Britain) a woman who runs a sub-post office
subsistence crop — a food plant which is grown by a farmer for consumption by himself and his family, leaving little or nothing to be marketed
subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
swamp buttonwood — the buttonbush.
telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
the best part of — most of
the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
to bite your lip — If you bite your lip or your tongue, you stop yourself from saying something that you want to say, because it would be the wrong thing to say in the circumstances.
to blow your top — If someone blows their top, they become very angry about something.
to get bad press — If someone or something gets bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get good press, they are praised.
to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
transport number — that fraction of the total electric current that anions and cations carry in passing through an electrolytic solution.
tridarn cupboard — a Welsh cupboard of the late 17th and 18th centuries, with an open, canopied upper section for display.
two-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of two bodies in space moving solely under the influence of their mutual gravitational attraction.
typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
under bare poles — (of a sailing vessel) with no sails set
unimpressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
union membership — members of a trade union
unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
up to the elbows — deeply engaged (in work, etc.)
vapor combustion — Vapor combustion is a closed burn system used for treating liquid waste which contains volatile organic compounds.
vegetable sponge — loofah (def 2).

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