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13-letter words containing e, b, i, t

  • obtrusiveness — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
  • open-timbered — constructed so that the timbers are exposed.
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • optical fiber — optical fibre
  • optical fibre — (communications)   (fibre optics, FO, US "fiber", light pipe) A plastic or glass (silicon dioxide) fibre no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information using infra-red or even visible light as the carrier (usually a laser). The light beam is an electromagnetic signal with a frequency in the range of 10^14 to 10^15 Hertz. Optical fibre is less susceptible to external noise than other transmission media, and is cheaper to make than copper wire, but it is much more difficult to connect. Optical fibres are difficult to tamper with (to monitor or inject data in the middle of a connection), making them appropriate for secure communications. The light beams do not escape from the medium because the material used provides total internal reflection. See also FDDI, Optical Carrier n, SONET.
  • orbital index — the ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum height of the orbital cavity multiplied by 100.
  • ostensibility — The quality of being ostensible.
  • osteofibrosis — loss of calcium from the bones, causing them to become fragile
  • overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • overbreathing — hyperventilation
  • overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
  • overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
  • overstability — the state of being excessively stable
  • panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
  • parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
  • parietal lobe — the middle part of each cerebral hemisphere behind the central sulcus.
  • particle beam — Physics. a concentrated stream of particles, as electrons, neutrons, or protons, generated for studying particle interactions, nuclear structure, crystal structure, etc.
  • particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
  • partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
  • patentability — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • peccatophobia — an abnormal fear of sinning.
  • pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
  • pentobarbital — a barbiturate, C 1 1 H 1 7 N 2 O 3 , used as a hypnotic and as a sedative.
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
  • picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
  • pigeon breast — chicken breast.
  • placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • possibilities — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
  • postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
  • pre-submitted — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • prefabricated — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
  • preferability — more desirable.
  • prescriptible — subject to or suitable for prescription.
  • price bracket — a notional range of prices which consumers are prepared to pay for a good
  • prince albert — Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
  • private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
  • private label — the label of a product, or the product itself, sold under the name of a wholesaler or retailer, by special arrangement with the manufacturer or producer.
  • pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
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