10-letter words containing b, p, s
- pick basic — Data/BASIC
- piss about — to behave in a casual or silly way
- 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
- planoblast — the medusa of a hydroid.
- plebiscite — a direct vote of the qualified voters of a state in regard to some important public question.
- poisonable — able to be poisoned
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- postdebate — of or relating to the period after a debate
- poster boy — a person who appears on a poster
- 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.
- power base — a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.: His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- presbytery — a body of presbyters or elders.
- 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.
- press-back — a wooden chair back having a design pressed, rather than carved, into its crossrails.
- pressboard — a kind of millboard or pasteboard.
- pressboxer — a sportswriter or sportscaster.
- presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
- presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
- previsible — that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
- 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.
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- proposable — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- proscribed — condemned or prohibited
- pseudobulb — an enlarged, aboveground portion of stem, present in many tropical orchids, in which moisture is stored.
- psilocybin — a hallucinogenic crystalline solid, C 1 2 H 1 7 N 2 O 4 P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- pubescence — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- publicised — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- publicness — the quality or state of being public or being owned by the public.
- publishers — a publishing company
- publishing — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- purse crab — coconut crab.
- push about — to bully; keep telling (a person) what to do in a bossy manner
- push broom — a wide broom with a long handle, pushed by hand and used for sweeping large areas.
- pushbutton — A pushbutton machine or process is controlled by means of buttons or switches.
- re-baptism — a new or second baptism
- respirable — capable of being respired.
- russophobe — a person who hates or fears Russia or the Russians.
- scrub pine — any of several pines, as the jack pine, characterized by a scrubby or irregular manner of growth, usually found in dry, sandy soil.
- sebastopol — Sevastopol.
- semipublic — partly or to some degree public.