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13-letter words containing p, b, k, a

  • alpha blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the alpha receptors.
  • alpha-blocker — any of a class of drugs that prevent the stimulation of alpha adrenoceptors, a type of receptor in the sympathetic nervous system, by adrenaline and noradrenaline and that therefore cause widening of blood vessels: used in the treatment of high blood pressure and prostatic hyperplasia
  • back clipping — a word formed by omitting the last part of the form from which it is derived.
  • back pressure — the pressure that opposes the motion of a piston on its exhaust stroke in an internal-combustion engine
  • back-slapping — Back-slapping is noisy, cheerful behaviour which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
  • back-up light — a light on the rear of a motor vehicle to warn others that the vehicle is being reversed
  • backdoor play — an offensive tactic whereby a player breaks away from a defender to receive a pass near the baseline in order to make a quick layup.
  • backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
  • backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • backspace key — a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard that makes the carriage or cursor move backwards one space
  • baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
  • bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
  • black crappie — a dark, spotted crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
  • black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
  • black pudding — Black pudding is a thick sausage which has a black skin and is made from pork fat and pig's blood.
  • block capital — a sans-serif letter with lines of uniform weight.
  • boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
  • bracket creep — an advance into a higher income tax bracket resulting from an increase in nominal income: the higher taxes, when combined with the effects of inflation, may produce a decline in real income
  • brain-picking — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
  • braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
  • breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
  • breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
  • breast pocket — The breast pocket of a man's coat or jacket is a pocket, usually on the inside, next to his chest.
  • brinksmanship — the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.
  • brook lamprey — a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean
  • brooklyn park — city in SE Minn.: suburb of Minneapolis: pop. 67,000
  • business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
  • doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
  • feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
  • hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
  • humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
  • keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
  • khapra beetle — a tiny cosmopolitan beetle, Trogoderma granarium, that is a pest of stored grain and other dried organic matter.
  • pannikin boss — an overseer of a small group of workers; person with minor authority.
  • parker bowles — Camilla (née Shand). born 1947, became the second wife of Prince Charles in 2005; created Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay
  • parking brake — emergency brake.
  • parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
  • 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
  • peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
  • picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
  • piggyback car — a flatcar designed to accommodate containers or highway truck trailers.
  • pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
  • playback head — the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.
  • pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
  • pork-barreler — a politician, especially a senator or member of Congress who is party to or benefits from a pork barrel.
  • price bracket — a notional range of prices which consumers are prepared to pay for a good
  • space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
  • spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
  • speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.

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