9-letter words containing p, a, b
- graspable — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
- groupable — Capable of being grouped together.
- gypsy cab — a taxicab that is licensed only to pick up passengers on call by telephone, but that often illegally seeks passengers on the street.
- halophobe — a creature that is unable to live in salty conditions
- happen by — chance upon
- hapsburgs — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- hephzibah — the wife of Hezekiah and the mother of Manasseh. II Kings 21:1.
- hoop back — a chair back having the uprights and crest rail in a continuous arched form.
- humpbacks — Plural form of humpback.
- hyperbase — (database) An experimental active multi-user database for hypertext systems from the University of Aalborg, written in C++. It is built on the client-server model enabling distributed, concurrent, and shared access from workstations in a local area network. See also EHTS.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- ibm pc at — (computer) ("Advanced Technology") A version of the IBM PC, released in Aug 1984 with an Intel 80286 processor, a 16-bit bus, a medium-speed hard disk and a 1.2 megabyte floppy disk drive. It had a larger case than the PC, which allowed it to accept "tall cards". The AT keyboard corrected the PC's non-standard placement of the return and left shift keys but shortened the backspace key, making it harder to reach.
- impacable — (obsolete) Not to be appeased or quieted.
- impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
- imposable — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- impotable — (rare) Not drinkable.
- imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- incapable — not capable.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- jump bail — property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- jump ball — a ball tossed into the air above and between two opposing players by the referee in putting the ball into play.
- keep back — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- kelp bass — a sea bass, Paralabrax clathratus, of southern California coastal waters, valued as a food and game fish.
- kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
- labor spy — an employee who is used by management to spy on union activities.
- lamb chop — cutlets of young sheep's meat
- lampblack — a fine black pigment consisting of almost pure carbon collected as soot from the smoke of burning oil, gas, etc.
- lampbrush — (rare) A form of brush, containing loops of material, used for dusting light fittings.
- lapboards — Plural form of lapboard.
- mopboards — Plural form of mopboard.
- neophobia — Extreme or irrational fear or dislike of anything new, novel, or unfamiliar.
- objectpal — Object-oriented database language, part of Borland's MS-Windows version of Paradox.
- opposable — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- pachelbel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1706, German organist and composer.
- packboard — a rigid wooden or metal frame, covered with fabric and having shoulder straps, to which equipment can be strapped for carrying.
- paderborn — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in NW Germany.
- paintable — easily painted
- paintball — a game in which players mark their opponents with colored gelatin capsules shot out of an air gun.
- pair bond — the exclusive relationship formed between a male and a female, esp in some species of animals and birds during courtship and breeding
- pair-bond — (of a mating couple) to form and maintain a pair bond.
- pakanbaru — a city on central Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- palatable — acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste; savory: palatable food.
- palembang — a city in SE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- palm crab — coconut crab.
- palpebral — of or relating to the eyelids.
- panic bar — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.