12-letter words containing p, e, a, t, b
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- keep tabs on — a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
- movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
- multipliable — capable of being multiplied.
- note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- obstreperate — to be extremely noisy or to create a resounding din
- paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
- paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
- panel beater — a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- participable — capable of being shared.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
- pause button — a button on a video or music player which can be pressed to temporarily stop the playing of the recording
- 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.
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- peroxyborate — perborate.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- perturbative — having a tendency to perturb; disturbing.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- photolyzable — able to undergo photolysis
- picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
- pipe tobacco — tobacco suitable for use in a tobacco pipe
- plasterboard — a material used for insulating or covering walls, or as a lath, consisting of paper-covered sheets of gypsum and felt.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
- port de bras — (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
- poster board — a thick, fairly stiff cardboard composed of layers of paper or paper pulp compressed together and typically used to support displays.
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
- precipitable — capable of being precipitated.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prefabricate — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- 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.
- preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
- private bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.