10-letter words containing b, p, i
- pittsburgh — a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry.
- pizza base — a disc of dough used as a base for a pizza
- plebeianly — in a plebeian manner
- plebiscite — a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.
- pliability — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- 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).
- pogey bait — candy or a treat used to lure a child into a sexual situation.
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polyhybrid — a heterozygous hybrid
- poop cabin — a cabin situated immediately beneath the poop deck of a ship.
- popemobile — Informal. any of various vehicles used to transport the pope when he appears in public, typically equipped with bulletproof glass.
- port blair — a seaport in and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on S Andaman.
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- posttibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- potability — fit or suitable for drinking: potable water.
- potbellied — Someone, usually a man, who is potbellied has a potbelly.
- prebidding — an advance bidding; the act of prebidding
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- predicable — that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
- prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- presbytism — the condition of being affected by presbyopia
- prescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- prescriber — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- previsible — that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
- prime bill — a bill that is accepted by a bank in first-class credit
- prime ribs — a serving of the roasted ribs and meat from a prime cut of beef.
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- probenecid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 1 3 H 1 9 NO 4 S, used chiefly in the treatment of gout.
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- prohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- prohibitor — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- proscribed — condemned or prohibited
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- psilocybin — a hallucinogenic crystalline solid, C 1 2 H 1 7 N 2 O 4 P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- pubic hair — hair growing in genital area
- pubic lice — small parasites that live in pubic hair. They are also found in the armpits and eyebrows
- public act — public law (def 1).
- public bar — (in a tavern or pub) the common section of a bar or barroom, not as exclusive, as quiet, or as comfortably furnished as the saloon section.
- public eye — public attention or notice; limelight: a politician who keeps out of the public eye.
- public law — Also called public act, public statute. a law or statute of a general character that applies to the people of a whole state or nation.
- publicised — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.