12-letter words containing p, a, b, l
- play-by-play — pertaining to or being a detailed account of each incident or act of an event, as in sports: a play-by-play broadcast of a baseball game.
- plea bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plea-bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plenum cable — (hardware) Cable that can be (legally) installed in the plenum (the space between a ceiling and the floor above it). Such cable is (usually) teflon-coated so that it will not give off toxic fumes when burned. In some parts of the world such cable is required by law.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- 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.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- polysyllabic — consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
- polysyllable — a polysyllabic word.
- poplar bluff — a city in SE Missouri.
- 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.
- 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.
- pre-assembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- preassembled — assembled prior to purchase
- precipitable — capable of being precipitated.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- private bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.
- problem area — a place that is prone to a particular problem or danger, such as flooding or road-traffic accidents
- problem page — a feature in a newspaper, magazine, etc in which readers' problems are published and answers supplied
- 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
- programmable — capable of being programmed.
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- 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.
- provableness — the quality of being provable
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- pupilability — confidentiality
- rabbet plane — a plane for cutting rabbets or the like, having a blade set to one side at right angles or diagonally to the direction of motion.
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- reproachable — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- rugby player — a person who plays rugby
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- simplifiable — having the ability to be made less complicated, clearer, or easier
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.