12-letter words containing o, b, t
- phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- photobiology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
- phytobiology — the branch of biology dealing with plants.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- pipe tobacco — tobacco suitable for use in a tobacco pipe
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
- port de bras — (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
- port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
- post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
- postabortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
- postbiblical — occurring after the events written about in the Bible, occurring after the Bible was written
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- probationary — the act of testing.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- quotableness — the condition or quality of being quotable
- rabbet joint — a joint between rabbeted parts.
- rambunctious — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- receipt book — book containing receipt slips
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- reset button — control that restores a default setting
- reverberator — to reecho or resound: Her singing reverberated through the house.
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).