8-letter words containing p, a, b
- culpable — If someone or their conduct is culpable, they are responsible for something wrong or bad that has happened.
- culpably — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- cupboard — A cupboard is a piece of furniture that has one or two doors, usually contains shelves, and is used to store things. In British English, cupboard refers to all kinds of furniture like this. In American English, closet is usually used instead to refer to larger pieces of furniture.
- damp box — a box that is lined with moist material for keeping clay in a plastic state.
- dippable — (of a headlamp, etc) capable of being dipped
- drapable — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drip bag — a bag used for administering an intravenous solution to a patient
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- epiblast — The outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.
- euphobia — Fear of hearing good news.
- expiable — Capable of being expiated or atoned for.
- haphsiba — Hephzibah (def 1).
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hard bop — an aggressive, driving, hot style of modern jazz developed by East Coast musicians in the late 1950s as a rejection of the more relaxed, cool style of West Coast jazz. Compare bop1 , cool jazz, modern jazz, progressive jazz.
- helpable — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- hepzibah — a female given name.
- hip bath — small bathtub or bath chair
- humpback — a back that is humped in a convex position.
- ipsambul — Abu Simbel.
- jabalpur — a city in central Madhya Pradesh, in central India.
- keepable — able to be kept
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lap belt — (in a motor vehicle) a seat belt secured to the framework of a seat and fastening across the lap of a driver or a passenger.
- lap robe — a blanket, fur covering, or the like, used to cover one's lap or legs, as when sitting outdoors or riding in an open vehicle.
- lap-band — a device fitted around the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- lapboard — a thin, flat board to be held on the lap for use as a table or writing surface.
- lapsable — liable to lapse.
- lapsible — liable to lapse.
- lip balm — salve for the lips
- loopback — The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.
- mappable — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- mopboard — baseboard (def 1).
- open bar — a bar at a reception that serves drinks whose cost has been borne by the host, an admission charge, a sponsor, etc.: Before the banquet there will be an open bar from 5 to 7 p.m.
- openable — capable of being opened.
- operable — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- opinable — thinkable or able to be an opinion
- pabouche — a soft shoe
- packable — suitable for packing, especially for travel: readily packable clothes.
- paintbox — container of artist's colours
- palm bay — a town in E Florida.
- palpable — readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
- palpably — readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
- palpebra — an eyelid
- panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
- pantable — a soft, slipper-like shoe
- paperboy — a youth or man who sells newspapers on the street or delivers them to homes; newsboy.
- parabema — an architectural feature of an Orthodox church
- parables — a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.