14-letter words containing p, a, b, s
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
- impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
- implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
- implausibility — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- incapabilities — not capable.
- inculpableness — The quality of being inculpable; blamelessness.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indispensables — Plural form of indispensable.
- inescapability — (uncountable) The state or property of being inescapable.
- inseparability — incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
- inspectability — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- keep sb amused — If you keep someone amused, you find things to do which stop them getting bored.
- leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- membranophones — Plural form of membranophone.
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- napier's bones — a form of multiplication table originally marked on sticks of bone or ivory that could be rearranged to carry out the operations of multiplication or division.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- non-respirable — capable of being respired.
- noncompensable — eligible for or subject to compensation, especially for a bodily injury.
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
- palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
- paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- pardonableness — the quality or state of being pardonable
- pas de bourree — a short running step.
- pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
- pebble glasses — spectacles with round thick lenses with a high degree of magnification
- peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
- pedestal basin — a wash-hand basin supported by a pedestal
- pedestal table — a table supported upon a central shaft, or upon several shafts along its centerline, each resting upon a spreading foot or feet.
- penetrableness — the state of being penetrable; the capacity to be penetrated
- persian blinds — persiennes
- peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
- phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- plastic bullet — A plastic bullet is a large bullet made of plastic, which is intended to make people stop rioting, rather than to kill people.
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- poikiloblastic — (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.
- poppaea sabina — died a.d. 65? second wife of the Roman emperor Nero.