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14-letter words containing p, e, a, r, l, b

  • plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
  • plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
  • polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
  • port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
  • postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
  • predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • presentability — that may be presented.
  • probable cause — reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used especially as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution.
  • probable error — a quantity formerly used as a measure of variability: equal to 0.6745 times the standard deviation. A normally distributed population has half of its elements within one probable error of the mean.
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
  • protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • pseudo-liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
  • public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • public welfare — state aid to the poor
  • puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
  • purbeck marble — a fossil-rich limestone that takes a high polish: used for building, etc
  • 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.
  • reprogrammable — capable of being programmed.
  • respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
  • respectabilize — to make respectable
  • roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • spring balance — a device in which an object to be weighed is attached to the end of a helical spring, the extension of which indicates the weight of the object on a calibrated scale
  • 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
  • superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
  • unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
  • unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
  • 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.
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