12-letter words containing p, a, y, b
- inapplicably — In an inapplicable manner.
- incapability — not capable.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inexplicably — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- irreprovably — in an irreprovable manner
- labour party — a political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
- nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
- note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
- opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- palaebiology — the study of fossil animals and plants
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- palatability — acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste; savory: palatable food.
- paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms
- pastry board — a flat board on which pastry is rolled
- pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
- pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
- payback time — Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences.
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pearl barley — barley milled into small, round grains, used in cooking, especially in soups.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- peroxyborate — perborate.
- phlebography — venography.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- play-by-play — pertaining to or being a detailed account of each incident or act of an event, as in sports: a play-by-play broadcast of a baseball game.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- polysyllabic — consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
- polysyllable — a polysyllabic word.
- prayer beads — the beads of the rosary
- pre-assembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- presbyterate — the office of a presbyter or elder.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- primary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.