11-letter words containing p, e, o
- barber shop — A barber shop is a shop where a barber works.
- barber-shop — Also called, especially British, barber's shop. the place of business of a barber.
- barbershops — Plural form of barbershop.
- baroceptors — Plural form of baroceptor.
- base period — a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
- basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- beam weapon — a laser-beam or particle-beam weapon.
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- behind post — one of the smaller outer posts inside which the ball must be kicked to score a behind
- bell-topper — a tall silk hat
- bellerophon — a hero of Corinth who performed many deeds with the help of the winged horse Pegasus, notably the killing of the monster Chimera
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- benthoscope — a deep-sea diving vessel
- benzopyrene — an aromatic hydrocarbon, C20H12, found in coal tar, cigarette smoke, etc. and known to be a cause of cancer in animals
- berry spoon — a small spoon, especially of the late 18th century, having a perforated bowl.
- biblioklept — a person who steals books.
- bibliopegic — relating to bookbinding as a fine art
- bibliophage — an ardent reader; a bookworm.
- bibliophile — a person who collects or is fond of books
- bibliophobe — a person who hates, fears, or distrusts books.
- bicephalous — having two heads
- bicomponent — a fibre composed of two compounds
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
- biographize — to write a biography of (someone)
- black power — a social, economic, and political movement of Black people, esp in the US, to obtain equality with White people
- blasphemous — You can describe someone who shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemous. You can also describe what they are saying or doing as blasphemous.
- blastospore — a spore formed by budding, as in certain fungi
- block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
- blogosphere — In computer technology, the blogosphere or the blogsphere is all the weblogs on the Internet, considered collectively.
- blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- boat people — Boat people are people who escape from their country in small boats to travel to another country in the hope that they will be able to live there.
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
- body packer — a smuggler of illegal drugs, especially one who swallows bags containing them.
- body-packer — a person who smuggles illicit drugs in balloons, condoms, or similar plastic bags which have either been swallowed or inserted in the rectum or vagina
- boilerplate — A boilerplate is a basic written contract that can be used to make many different kinds of contracts.
- bon appetit — enjoy your meal
- bone spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- bontempelli — Massimo. 1878–1960, Italian dramatist, poet, novelist, and critic. His works include the play Nostra Dea (1925) and the novel The Faithful Lover (1953)
- booby prize — The booby prize is a prize given as a joke to the person who comes last in a competition.
- bookkeeping — Bookkeeping is the job or activity of keeping an accurate record of the money that is spent and received by a business or other organization.
- boost phase — the portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or spacecraft during which the booster and sustainer engines operate to bring it near or to peak velocity.
- bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
- box spanner — a spanner consisting of a steel cylinder with a hexagonal end that fits over a nut: used esp to turn nuts in positions that are recessed or difficult of access
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food