12-letter words containing p, a, b
- carbon paper — Carbon paper is thin paper with a dark substance on one side. You use it to make copies of letters, bills, and other papers.
- cardiophobia — An inordinate fear of heart disease.
- carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
- carpetbagger — If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
- carpetbeater — A tool used in housecleaning that was in common use before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.
- cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
- cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
- chapeau bras — a small three-cornered hat, worn by gentlemen in full dress in the 18th century, that could be folded flat and carried under the arm.
- chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
- combat pants — trousers: military style
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
- culpableness — The state or quality of being culpable.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- displaceable — Capable of being displaced.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drawbar pull — the force, measured in pounds, available to a locomotive for pulling rolling stock after overcoming its own tractive resistance.
- drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- ephebophilia — the condition of being sexually attracted to adolescents
- equiprobable — (of two or more things ) equally likely to occur; having equal probability.
- espresso bar — a coffee house that specializes in espresso coffee and other coffee drinks with an espresso base
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- exprobratory — acting as a reproach
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.