14-letter words containing p, a, t, b, l
- public analyst — a scientist who tests food, water etc to ensure that they are safe
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- public statute — public law (def 1).
- puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
- 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
- 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
- sable antelope — a large antelope, Hippotragus niger, of Africa, with long, saberlike horns and, in the male, a black coat: an endangered species.
- stability pact — an agreement between the member states of the EU which have joined the single currency, the aim of which is to secure the currency's stability by imposing fines on member states whose budget deficits exceed 3 per cent of their gross domestic product
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- tall buttercup — a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.
- tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tilt-top table — a pedestal table having a top that can be tilted vertically.
- umbrella plant — an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem.
- unflappability — not easily upset or confused, especially in a crisis; imperturbable.
- unpalatability — the quality or state of being unpalatable
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unrecapturable — not able to be recaptured or brought back
- unsplinterable — unable to be splintered
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
- whirlpool bath — a bath in which the body is immersed in swirling water as therapy or for relaxation.