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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.
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