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13-letter words containing o, p, e, n, b

  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
  • 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.
  • phony-baloney — nonsense; baloney.
  • pigeon breast — chicken breast.
  • pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
  • plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
  • plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
  • pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • pomme blanche — breadroot.
  • pompano beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • port colborne — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
  • postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • premium bonds — (in Britain) bonds issued by the Treasury since 1956 for purchase by the public. No interest is paid but there is a monthly draw for cash prizes of various sums
  • presubmission — an act or instance of submitting.
  • pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • property bond — a bond issued by a life-assurance company, the premiums for which are invested in a property-owning fund
  • proton number — the number of positive charges or protons in the nucleus of an atom of a given element, and therefore also the number of electrons normally surrounding the nucleus. Symbol: Z. Abbreviation: at. no.;
  • purple mombin — a tree, Spondias purpurea, of tropical America, having clusters of purple or greenish flowers and yellow or dark red fruit that is edible either raw or cooked.
  • re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
  • spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
  • spelling-book — a person who spells words.
  • sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
  • spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
  • splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
  • sponge rubber — a light, spongy rubber, usually prepared by bubbling carbon dioxide through or whipping air into latex, used for padding, insulation, gaskets, etc.; foam rubber.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • sub-component — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
  • subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
  • telephone box — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
  • temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
  • tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
  • tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
  • un-personable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
  • uncompletable — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • unperformable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
  • unpolarizable — not capable of being polarized
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