11-letter words containing p, a, b, o
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- parson bird — tui.
- pathophobia — an irrational fear of disease
- patrol boat — a boat designed to patrol a coastal area, etc for security, observation and defence
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- payload bay — cargo bay.
- peace lobby — a lobby for peace or the end of conflict
- pease-brose — brose made from a meal of dried peas
- pedobaptism — the baptism of infants.
- pedobaptist — a person who advocates or practices pedobaptism.
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- performable — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- perturbator — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- phagophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of swallowing or eating
- phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
- phobophobia — an abnormal fear of developing a phobia; anxiety about showing symptoms of a phobia.
- phonophobia — an intense fear of noises
- photo album — bound book for photos
- photophobia — an abnormal sensitivity to or intolerance of light, as in iritis.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- pinot blanc — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
- plate block — a block of four or more stamps containing the number or numbers of the printing plate or plates in the margin of the sheet.
- plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pobeda peak — a mountain in central Asia, on the boundary between Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) and China: highest peak of the Tien Shan range. 24,406 feet (7439 meters).
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- poison bean — Also called bladderpod. a tall plant, Glottidium vesicaria, of the legume family, native to the southeastern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers and pods containing highly poisonous seeds.
- polar orbit — a spacecraft orbit that passes over, or close to, the geographic poles of the earth or some other celestial body.
- polarizable — to cause polarization in.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- pork barrel — a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.
- port talbot — a port in SE Wales, in Neath Port Talbot county borough on Swansea Bay: established as a coal port in the mid-19th century; large steelworks; ore terminal. Pop: 35 633 (2001)
- portability — the state or quality of being portable.
- possessable — capable of being possessed
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- postorbital — located behind the orbit or socket of the eye.
- potableness — the quality of being potable or drinkable
- potato bean — groundnut (def 1).
- pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- power brake — an automotive brake set by pressure from some power source, as a compressed-air reservoir, in proportion to a smaller amount of pressure on the brake pedal.
- power brand — a brand of product that is a household name associated with a successful company
- power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
- powerboater — a powerboat owner or operator.
- prayer book — a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.
- pre-embargo — an order of a government prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.
- preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.