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13-letter words containing o, r, b, i, e

  • parietal lobe — the middle part of each cerebral hemisphere behind the central sulcus.
  • 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.
  • pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
  • 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.
  • perboric acid — a hypothetical acid, HBO 3 , known only in the form of its salts.
  • perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
  • 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.
  • phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
  • 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.
  • postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
  • postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
  • prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
  • precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
  • prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
  • 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.
  • primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
  • pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
  • problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • prohibitively — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
  • proverbialism — a proverbial expression
  • proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
  • proverbialize — to use in a proverbial way
  • public sector — the area of the nation's affairs under governmental rather than private control.
  • 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.
  • purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
  • rainbow snake — a burrowing snake, Farancia erytrogramma, of the southeastern U.S., having red and black stripes along the body, a red and yellow underside, and a sharp-tipped tail used in maneuvering prey.
  • rambling rose — any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
  • re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
  • reasonability — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
  • reattribution — the act of attributing; ascription.
  • recalibration — the act or process of recalibrating something
  • recombination — any of several processes by which genetic material of different origins becomes combined. It most commonly occurs between two sets of parental chromosomes during production of germ cells
  • redial button — a button on a telephone, allowing the user to dial a number again
  • reformability — the extent to which something or someone is reformable; the capability or susceptibility to reform
  • rehabilitator — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • reinforceable — capable of being reinforced
  • relubrication — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
  • republication — publication anew.
  • resublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
  • retrofittable — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
  • reverberation — a reechoed sound.
  • rialto bridge — a bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, liking Rialto Island with San Marco Island
  • robbe-grillet — Alain [a-lan] /aˈlɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1922–2008, French writer.
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