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13-letter words containing b, p, i, c

  • perennibranch — any amphibian that retains its gills throughout its life
  • phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
  • photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
  • picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
  • pied-de-biche — a termination to a leg, consisting of a slight outward curve ending in the semblance of a cloven hoof.
  • piggyback car — a flatcar designed to accommodate containers or highway truck trailers.
  • pilot biscuit — hardtack.
  • placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • pre-described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
  • prescriptible — subject to or suitable for prescription.
  • pressed brick — face brick molded under pressure to a desired finish.
  • price bracket — a notional range of prices which consumers are prepared to pay for a good
  • prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
  • principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
  • privy chamber — a private apartment in a royal residence.
  • pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
  • probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
  • problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • psychobiology — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
  • public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
  • public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
  • public office — position in government
  • public policy — the fundamental policy on which laws rest, especially policy not yet enunciated in specific rules.
  • public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • public spirit — active interest in public welfare or the good of the community
  • receptibility — the quality or condition of being receptible
  • replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • republicanize — to make republican.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
  • social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
  • space biology — exobiology.
  • step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
  • subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
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