9-letter words containing b, o, t, p
- objectpal — Object-oriented database language, part of Borland's MS-Windows version of Paradox.
- obreption — Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official. Compare subreption (def 1).
- open bite — deformity: jaws do not close
- pedalboat — a boat that is propelled by operating the pedals, usually one hired for pleasure
- penobscot — a river flowing S from N Maine into Penobscot Bay. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- perborate — a salt of perboric acid, as sodium perborate, NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used for bleaching, disinfecting, etc.
- photobomb — to ruin (a photograph) by appearing in the image without the photographer’s knowledge, often in some dramatic or comical way: My brother photobombed what would have been a nice photo of my grandma and me.
- phototube — an electron tube with a photosensitive cathode, used like a photocell.
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- portobelo — a small port in Panama, on the Caribbean northeast of Colón: the most important port in South America in colonial times; declined with the opening of the Panama Canal. Pop: 3300 (1997)
- post-boat — mailboat.
- post-obit — effective after a particular person's death.
- pot belly — Someone who has a pot belly has a round, fat stomach which sticks out, either because they eat or drink too much, or because they have had very little to eat for some time.
- pot-belly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- pot-bound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- potatobug — Colorado potato beetle.
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- print job — computer: batch of files to be printed
- probation — the act of testing.
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.
- probiotic — a usually dairy food or a dietary supplement containing live bacteria that replace or add to the beneficial bacteria normally present in the gastrointestinal tract.
- put about — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- reprobate — a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- spottable — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- stoopball — an American street game similar to baseball in which a ball is thrown against a wall or stoop
- stop bath — an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
- stop bead — a strip of molding along the inside of a window frame for holding a sliding sash.
- stop knob — stop (def 31d).
- stoppable — capable of being stopped.
- subpotent — not at full strength
- table top — A table top is the flat surface on a table.
- table-hop — to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
- talbotype — calotype.
- top boots — high boots, often with decorative or contrasting upper sections
- top brass — brass (def 5).
- tubuphone — an instrument resembling a glockenspiel but with metal tubes instead of bars.
- turboprop — turbo-propeller engine.
- turbopump — a turbine-driven pump, as one used to feed propellant to a rocket engine.
- unpotable — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.