13-letter words containing p, a, b, o

prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
principal boy — the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman
pro-abolition — the act of abolishing: the abolition of war.
probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.
problem state — IBM jargon for user mode, the opposite of "supervisor state". On IBM System 360, 370 and 390 mainframes privileged instructions may only be executed in "supervisor state". Application programs request the operating system to perform these operations by using the Supervisor Call (SVC) instruction.
problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
proces-verbal — a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.
process table — (operating system, process) A table containing all of the information that must be saved when the CPU switches from running one process to another in a multitasking system. The information in the process table allows the suspended process to be restarted at a later time as if it had never been stopped. Every process has an entry in the table. These entries are known as process control blocks and contain the following information: process state - information needed so that the process can be loaded into memory and run, such as the program counter, the stack pointer, and the values of registers. memory state - details of the memory allocation such as pointers to the various memory areas used by the program resource state - information regarding the status of files being used by the process such as user ID. Accounting and scheduling information. An example of a UNIX process table is shown below. SLOT ST PID PGRP UID PRI CPU EVENT NAME FLAGS 0 s 0 0 0 95 0 runout sched load sys 1 s 1 0 0 66 1 u init load 2 s 2 0 0 95 0 10bbdc vhand load sys SLOT is the entry number of the process. ST shows whether the process is paused or sleeping (s), ready to run (r), or running on a CPU (o). PID is the process ID. PGRP is the process Group. UID is the user ID. PRI is the priority of the process from 127 (highest) to 0 (lowest). EVENT is the event on which a process is paused or sleeping. NAME is the name of the process. FLAGS are the process flags. A process that has died but still has an entry in the process table is called a zombie process.
profitability — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
promotability — to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
proverbialism — a proverbial expression
proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
proverbialize — to use in a proverbial way
psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
republication — publication anew.
san pablo bay — the N part of San Francisco Bay, in W California.
school phobia — a fear of going to or returning to school
she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
social phobia — a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
space biology — exobiology.
spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
sub-political — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
subpopulation — the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
subtropically — in the subtropics
symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
syphilophobia — the excessive fear of syphilis
tablespoonful — the amount a tablespoon can hold.
temporal bone — either of a pair of thick compound bones forming the part of the skull that encases the inner ear.
temporal lobe — the lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
tobacco plant — any of numerous solanaceous plants of the genus Nicotiana, having mildly narcotic properties, tapering hairy leaves, and tubular or funnel-shaped fragrant flowers. The species N. tabacum is cultivated as the chief source of commercial tobacco
tobacco pouch — a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
triploblastic — having three primary germ layers, as the embryos of vertebrates.
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

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