11-letter words containing b, o, r
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- premorbidly — pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
- press baron — an influential newspaper publisher or owner who usually controls more than one widely circulated newspaper.
- pro-british — of or relating to Great Britain or its inhabitants.
- proabortion — pro-choice.
- 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.
- procerebral — relating to the procerebrum
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- processable — capable of being processed.
- processible — capable of being processed.
- produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- programable — capable of being programmed.
- prohibition — the act of prohibiting.
- prohibitive — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
- prohibitory — prohibitive.
- projectable — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- prolongable — able to be lengthened
- prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- protectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- protectible — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- 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.
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- 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.
- pyroballogy — the study of artillery
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
- rabbit food — raw vegetables, especially those used in salads, as lettuce, carrots, radishes, or celery.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- radiocarbon — Also called carbon 14. a radioactive isotope of carbon with mass number 14 and a half-life of about 5730 years: widely used in the dating of organic materials.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
- rambouillet — one of a breed of hardy sheep, developed from the Merino, yielding good mutton and a fine grade of wool.
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- razor blade — a sharp-edged metal blade for use in a razor.
- rebroadcast — to broadcast again from the same station.
- recipe book — a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes
- recombinant — of or resulting from new combinations of genetic material: recombinant cells.