9-letter words containing p, a, b, o
- pair-bond — (of a mating couple) to form and maintain a pair bond.
- para-bola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- pasodoble — fast modern ballroom dance
- pay board — a former government agency that controlled prices and wages
- peachblow — a delicate purplish pink.
- pedalboat — a boat that is propelled by operating the pedals, usually one hired for pleasure
- perborate — a salt of perboric acid, as sodium perborate, NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used for bleaching, disinfecting, etc.
- perfboard — hardboard with perforations into which pegs or hooks can be inserted for hanging or displaying objects.
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- piano bar — a cocktail lounge featuring live piano music.
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
- pivotable — capable of turning on or as if on a pivot
- pizza box — [Sun] The largish thin box housing the electronics in (especially Sun) desktop workstations, so named because of its size and shape and the dimpled pattern that looks like air holes. Two megabyte single-platter removable disk packs used to be called pizzas, and the huge drive they were stuck into was referred to as a pizza oven. It's an index of progress that in the old days just the disk was pizza-sized, while now the entire computer is.
- plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- poachable — able to be poached
- pointable — able to be pointed or pointed out
- pole bean — any vinelike variety of bean that is trained to grow upright on a pole, trellis, fence, etc.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- porbandar — a seaport in SW Gujarat, in W India.
- porbeagle — a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
- post-boat — mailboat.
- potatobug — Colorado potato beetle.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- preabsorb — to absorb beforehand or in advance
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- pro-labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- probation — the act of testing.
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.
- procambia — plant part in stem and root
- prolabour — favouring an organized labour movement
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- pulpboard — a board made from pulpwood.
- put about — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- reprobate — a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
- san pablo — a city in the Philippines, on S Luzon.
- saprobial — relating to saprobity
- scoopable — able to be scooped
- scrapbook — an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.
- shipboard — Archaic. the deck or side of a ship. the situation of being on a ship.
- shopboard — a shop counter or work bench
- soapberry — the fruit of any of certain tropical or subtropical trees of the genus Sapindus, especially S. saponaria, used as a substitute for soap.
- spar buoy — a buoy resembling a vertical log
- speedboat — a motorboat designed for high speeds.
- spoilable — able to be spoiled
- spongebag — A spongebag is a small bag in which you keep things such as soap and a toothbrush when you are travelling.
- sportable — capable of being sported or used in sport
- spottable — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.