9-letter words containing b, p, i
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- flipbooks — Plural form of flipbook.
- go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- hephzibah — the wife of Hezekiah and the mother of Manasseh. II Kings 21:1.
- hip boots — waders: thigh-high rubber boots
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- ibm pc at — (computer) ("Advanced Technology") A version of the IBM PC, released in Aug 1984 with an Intel 80286 processor, a 16-bit bus, a medium-speed hard disk and a 1.2 megabyte floppy disk drive. It had a larger case than the PC, which allowed it to accept "tall cards". The AT keyboard corrected the PC's non-standard placement of the return and left shift keys but shortened the backspace key, making it harder to reach.
- ibm pc xt — (computer) An IBM PC with a (slow) hard disk. The XT was released in March 1983. It had an Intel 8088 CPU. The XT/370, released in October 1983, added IBM 370 mainframe emulation, and the XT 286 followed in September 1986 with an Intel 80286 CPU [Why?].
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impedible — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- in public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- incapable — not capable.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- ip number — internet address
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- limber up — characterized by ease in bending the body; supple; lithe.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
- neophobic — Afflicted by neophobia; fearing or disliking what is new.
- nonpublic — Not open or available to the public.
- obreption — Canon Law. fraud in obtaining or attempting to obtain something from an official. Compare subreption (def 1).
- open bite — deformity: jaws do not close
- paintable — easily painted
- paintball — a game in which players mark their opponents with colored gelatin capsules shot out of an air gun.
- pair bond — the exclusive relationship formed between a male and a female, esp in some species of animals and birds during courtship and breeding
- pair-bond — (of a mating couple) to form and maintain a pair bond.
- panic bar — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
- parabasis — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paranaiba — a river in W Minas Gerais, S central Brazil, flowing W and joining the Rio Grande to form the Paraná River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- pea-brain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- pedal bin — A pedal bin is a container for waste, usually in a kitchen or bathroom. It has a lid which is controlled by a pedal that you press with your foot.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- phlebitis — inflammation of a vein, often occurring in the legs and involving the formation of a thrombus, characterized by swelling, pain, and change of skin color.
- piano bar — a cocktail lounge featuring live piano music.
- pickaback — piggyback
- piggyback — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).