13-letter words containing p, a, t, h, b
- hospital bill — the bills incurred for receiving hospital treatment
- hot-swappable — (of devices, disks, etc) capable of being inserted or removed from a computer system that is running, without causing damage or affecting performance
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- hypobaropathy — a condition produced in high altitudes, caused by diminished air pressure and reduced oxygen intake; mountain sickness.
- hypometabolic — Relating to hypometabolism.
- khapra beetle — a tiny cosmopolitan beetle, Trogoderma granarium, that is a pest of stored grain and other dried organic matter.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
- optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
- ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- pebble heater — a heat exchanger utilizing refractory pellets to store and give off heat.
- peccatophobia — an abnormal fear of sinning.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- phenobarbital — 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.
- photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
- play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
- play-the-ball — a method for bringing the ball back into play after a tackle, in which the tackled player is allowed to stand up and kick or heel the ball behind him or her to a team-mate
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
- public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
- snap-brim hat — a hat brim that can be turned up or down.
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
- the best part — If you say that something happened for the best part or the better part of a period of time, you mean that it happened for most of that time.
- the big apple — New York City
- the-big-apple — New York City.
- thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
- tobacco pouch — a pouch for carrying pipe tobacco
- up the boohai — thoroughly lost