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