14-letter words containing p, a, r, b, t
- pebble-leather — a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water.
- pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
- penetrableness — the state of being penetrable; the capacity to be penetrated
- perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
- perturbational — relating to perturbation
- phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
- pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
- play it by ear — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- polarizability — to cause polarization in.
- port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- practicability — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
- prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
- predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
- preestablished — to establish beforehand.
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- presentability — that may be presented.
- private member — (sometimes lowercase) British. a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.
- probabiliorist — someone who advocates probabiliorism
- processability — capable of being processed.
- proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
- protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- raspberry tart — a fruit tart made with raspberries
- replaceability — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- ribeirao preto — a city in SE Brazil.
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- ruby-tail wasp — any of various brightly coloured wasps of the family Chrysididae, having a metallic sheen, which parasitize bees and other solitary wasps
- serpent bearer — the constellation Ophiuchus.
- soapbox orator — a person who makes a speech on, or as if on, a soapbox
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office