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12-letter words containing b, p, i

  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
  • powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
  • powerbuilder — (tool, database)   A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
  • precipitable — capable of being precipitated.
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • prefabricate — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
  • prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
  • presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
  • presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
  • presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
  • prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
  • presubscribe — to pledge, as by signing an agreement, to give or pay (a sum of money) as a contribution, gift, or investment: He subscribed $6,000 for the new church.
  • primary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.
  • prime number — a positive integer that is not divisible without remainder by any integer except itself and 1, with 1 often excluded: The integers 2, 3, 5, and 7 are prime numbers.
  • private bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.
  • probationary — the act of testing.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
  • procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
  • proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
  • proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
  • pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
  • public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
  • public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
  • public house — British. a tavern.
  • public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
  • public works — government-funded construction
  • pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
  • pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
  • pulverizable — that can be pulverized
  • punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
  • pupilability — confidentiality
  • purblindness — the state of being purblind
  • rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • receipt book — book containing receipt slips
  • replevisable — capable of being replevied.
  • reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
  • ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
  • rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
  • rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
  • satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
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