10-letter words containing b, p, e
- peach-blow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pearl blue — a light bluish gray.
- pebbledash — to cover with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- pecos bill — a legendary cowboy of the American frontier who performed such fabulous feats as digging the Rio Grande.
- pedal boat — a recreational water vehicle, consisting of two pontoons with a transverse seat and propelled by a pedal-operated paddle wheel.
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- penetrable — capable of being penetrated.
- pepper-box — a small box with perforations in the top, for sprinkling pepper.
- pepperbush — sweet pepperbush.
- perdurable — very durable; permanent; imperishable.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perl-byacc — A modified version of byacc that generates a parser in Perl code, by Rick Ohnemus <[email protected]>. It has a "-p" switch so multiple parsers can be used in one program (C or Perl). Version 1.8.2 should work on most Unix systems. It also works with SAS/C 6.x on Amiga.
- permutable — to alter; change.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- perrysburg — a town in NW Ohio.
- personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- perturbant — a thing that causes perturbance
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- petersburg — a city in SE Virginia: besieged by Union forces 1864–65.
- ph balance — a method of expressing the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution
- phlebogram — venogram.
- phlebolite — a small mass or solid deposit of calcium that forms in a vein
- phlebolith — valueless rock or mineral matter occurring in a vein; gangue.
- phlebology — the study of the anatomy, physiology, and diseases of veins.
- phlebotome — a cutting instrument used for phlebotomy.
- phlebotomy — the act or practice of opening a vein for letting or drawing blood as a therapeutic or diagnostic measure; venesection; bleeding.
- phone bill — an account or bill for the charges for a telephone and line and for calls made from it
- phone book — telephone book.
- photophobe — a person who suffers from or displays symptoms of photophobia
- picketboat — a boat which keeps guard
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pier table — a low table or console intended to be set between two windows, often beneath a pier glass.
- pik pobedy — Russian name of Pobeda Peak.
- pikeblenny — any of several tropical American clinid fishes of the genus Chaenopsis, as C. ocellata (bluethroat pikeblenny) the male of which is noted for its aggressive behavior in defending its territory.
- pilferable — capable of being pilfered
- pimpmobile — a large, expensive, and ostentatious or vulgarly ornate automobile, typically one painted in bright colors and fitted out with a lavish or overelaborate interior.
- pine bluff — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- pinto bean — a variety of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, having mottled or spotted seeds: grown chiefly in the southern U.S.
- pitot tube — (often lowercase) an instrument for measuring fluid velocity, consisting of a narrow tube, one end of which is open and faces upstream, the other end being connected to a manometer.
- pizza base — a disc of dough used as a base for a pizza
- playbroker — play agent.
- plebeianly — in a plebeian manner
- plebiscite — a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.
- pledgeable — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- ploughable — able to be ploughed
- plumb line — a cord with a lead bob attached to one end, used to determine perpendicularity, the depth of water, etc. Compare plumb (def 1).
- plumb rule — a device for determining perpendicularity, consisting of a narrow board with a plumb line and bob suspended from an upper edge.
- pocketable — small enough to be carried in one's pocket; pocket-size.
- pocketbook — a woman's purse or handbag.