11-letter words containing b, p, s
- do sb proud — If someone does you proud, they treat you very well, for example by welcoming you and giving you good food and entertainment.
- double-stop — to play a double stop on (a stringed instrument).
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- east punjab — the eastern part of the former province of Punjab, in British India: now part of Punjab state, India.
- embonpoints — Plural form of embonpoint.
- epistilbite — a transparent, zeolitic mineral
- expandables — Plural form of expandable.
- expendables — Plural form of expendable.
- expressable — Capable of being expressed.
- expressible — Able to be expressed.
- expressibly — In an expressible way.
- fiberscopes — Plural form of fiberscope.
- fibroplasia — the formation of fibrous tissue.
- gob-stopper — a large piece of hard candy.
- gobstoppers — Plural form of gobstopper.
- goose bumps — If you get goose bumps, the hairs on your skin stand up so that it is covered with tiny bumps. You get goose bumps when you are cold, frightened, or excited.
- gossypiboma — (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body during surgery.
- hepatitis b — a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus, or HBV) that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids.
- hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypsophobia — an extreme or abnormal fear of heights
- implausible — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- implausibly — In an implausible or dubious manner.
- impressible — capable of being impressed; impressionable.
- impressibly — In an impressible manner.
- impulse buy — spur-of-the-moment purchase
- inescapable — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- inescapably — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- inseparable — incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
- inseparably — In an inseparable manner.
- inspectable — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- insuperable — incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted: an insuperable barrier.
- insuperably — In an insuperable manner.
- khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
- labiaplasty — (surgery) The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.
- labor pains — childbirth: contractions
- lay baptism — baptism administered by a lay-person.
- lobster pot — a trap for catching lobsters, typically a box made of wooden slats with a funnellike entrance to the bait.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
- memberships — Plural form of membership.
- miphiboseth — Mephibosheth.
- mobile shop — a van, truck, etc, which travels from place to place and from which goods are sold
- monoblepsis — a condition of the eyesight in which there is no problem with vision when one eye is involved but there is impairment to vision that uses both eyes
- object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
- obstipation — obstinate constipation.
- opprobrious — conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
- pan-arabism — the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the Arab nations.