10-letter words containing b, u, p, r
- permutable — to alter; change.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- perrysburg — a town in NW Ohio.
- perturbant — a thing that causes perturbance
- perturbing — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- petersburg — a city in SE Virginia: besieged by Union forces 1864–65.
- picturable — a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
- pittsburgh — a port in SW Pennsylvania, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers that forms the Ohio River: steel industry.
- plumb rule — a device for determining perpendicularity, consisting of a narrow board with a plumb line and bob suspended from an upper edge.
- pre-number — a numeral or group of numerals.
- prepuberal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prepuberty — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- 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.
- 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.
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- procumbent — lying on the face; prone; prostrate.
- procurable — obtainable.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- puberulent — minutely pubescent.
- pubic hair — hair growing in genital area
- 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.
- publishers — a publishing company
- pulverable — capable of being pulverized; pulverizable.
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- purblindly — in a purblind manner
- purse crab — coconut crab.
- push broom — a wide broom with a long handle, pushed by hand and used for sweeping large areas.
- re-plumbed — a small mass of lead or other heavy material, as that suspended by a line and used to measure the depth of water or to ascertain a vertical line. Compare plumb line.
- recoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
- repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- 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.
- sharpsburg — a town in NW Maryland: nearby is the site of the Civil War battle of Antietam 1862.
- springbuck — springbok.
- strip club — strip joint.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- subpleural — situated under the pleura.
- subprefect — an administrator junior to a prefect or chief official
- subprimate — a primitive variety of primate
- subproblem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- subprocess — a process that is part of a larger process
- subproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- subprogram — procedure (def 4b).
- subproject — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subtropics — the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands