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

  • public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
  • punjab states — (formerly) a group of states in NW India, amalgamated in 1956 with Punjab state
  • raspberry jam — jam made using raspberries
  • re-absorption — resorption (def 2).
  • repairability — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
  • repeatability — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
  • replenishable — able to be replenished
  • replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
  • representable — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
  • republicanism — republican government.
  • republicanize — to make republican.
  • republication — publication anew.
  • seaplane base — a base for seaplanes
  • semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • slumber party — a social gathering typically of teenagers held at the home of one of them for the purpose of sleeping there overnight.
  • soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
  • space biology — exobiology.
  • 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.
  • specbase_fp92 — A variant of SPECfp92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules.
  • spermatoblast — a reproductive cell
  • spine-bashing — to rest; loaf.
  • spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
  • splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • spreader beam — a crosspiece for spacing the chains or cables hanging from the boom of a crane.
  • spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
  • springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • step aerobics — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
  • subappearance — a slight appearance
  • subdepartment — a distinct part of anything arranged in divisions; a division of a complex whole or organized system.
  • 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.
  • submarine pen — a bunker that prevents submarines from bombs
  • subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
  • subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
  • subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
  • subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
  • subspecialize — to specialize in a particular area of expertise within a specialism
  • subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
  • superabundant — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
  • superannuable — (of a salary or job) with which a superannuation is associated, which entitles one to a superannuation
  • superbrain ii — (computer)   The 1982 successor to the Superbrain with a faster and enhanced disk operating system and improved video and graphics.
  • supermembrane — a type of two-dimensional entity postulated in certain theories of elementary particles that involve supersymmetry
  • suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
  • swamp cabbage — skunk cabbage.
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