10-letter words containing b, p, i
- nosophobia — an abnormal fear of disease.
- obpyriform — inversely pear-shaped; pear-shaped with the narrow end at the base.
- occupiable — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- oenophobia — The fear of wine; anxiety related to wine.
- oikophobia — Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
- ombrophile — a plant which survives well or flourishes in rainy conditions
- opprobrium — the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
- optionable — the power or right of choosing.
- optophobia — The fear of opening one's eyes.
- paedotribe — (in ancient Greece) a gymnastics teacher
- paint bomb — a device containing paint which explodes on impact
- paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
- panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- panophobia — a fear of everything
- parabiosis — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
- parabiotic — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
- parabolize — to form as a parabola or paraboloid.
- paraboloid — a surface that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to at least one coordinate plane are parabolas.
- paramaribo — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- paris club — an informal group of representatives from IMF member nations whose governments or central banks have lent money to governments of other countries
- parity bit — (storage, communications) An extra bit added to a byte or word to reveal errors. See parity.
- patibulary — of or relating to a gallows or an execution
- payability — to be paid; due: a loan payable in 30 days.
- pecos bill — a legendary cowboy of the American frontier who performed such fabulous feats as digging the Rio Grande.
- pencil box — a shallow covered box, usually of pasteboard, for holding pencils and crayons: used by children as an item of school equipment.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- 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.
- phone bill — an account or bill for the charges for a telephone and line and for calls made from it
- phycobilin — any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria
- phycobiont — the algae component of a lichen.
- pick basic — Data/BASIC
- 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.
- piggy bank — a small bank, having the shape of a pig, provided with a slot at the top to receive small coins.
- 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
- pillar box — a pillarlike box in which letters are deposited for collection by mail carriers; mailbox.
- pilot bird — a warbler of forest floors in SE Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus, named from its alleged habit of accompanying the superb lyrebird
- pilot boat — a boat carrying pilots to or from large ships.
- 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.
- piping bag — A cloth bag shaped like a cone with a small hole at one end, used to squeeze out pastes, for example icing, cream, or mashed potato
- piracicaba — a city in SE Brazil, NW of São Paulo.
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- 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.