9-letter words containing p, e, r, b
- pepperbox — a small box with perforations in the top, for sprinkling pepper.
- perborate — a salt of perboric acid, as sodium perborate, NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used for bleaching, disinfecting, etc.
- perceable — pierceable
- perfboard — hardboard with perforations into which pegs or hooks can be inserted for hanging or displaying objects.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- permabear — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will fall
- permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
- permeable — capable of being permeated.
- perturbed — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- perturber — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- perusable — having the ability to be perused
- pinballer — a person who plays pinball machines, especially regularly or habitually.
- pokeberry — the berry of the pokeweed.
- porbeagle — a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
- portobelo — a small port in Panama, on the Caribbean northeast of Colón: the most important port in South America in colonial times; declined with the opening of the Panama Canal. Pop: 3300 (1997)
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- pourboire — a gratuity; tip.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- pre-build — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- preabsorb — to absorb beforehand or in advance
- preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- prebattle — existing, occurring or carried out in the period before a battle
- prebiotic — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- prebudget — produced, occurring or implemented prior to the release of the government's Budget
- prebuttal — an argument constructed in anticipation of a criticism: The alderman began his speech with a question-answer style prebuttal.
- predebate — occurring or produced before a given debate; of or pertaining to the period leading up to a given debate
- prefabbed — prefabricated.
- pregnable — capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
- premorbid — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- prenumber — a numeral or group of numerals.
- preobtain — to obtain in advance
- prepueblo — belonging to the period before the Pueblo Indians
- presbyope — a person with presbyopia
- presbyter — (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- prescribe — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- press bed — a bed enclosed within a closet, cupboard, etc.
- press box — a press section, especially at a sports event.
- pressable — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- pressburg — German name of Bratislava.
- pretibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- preverbal — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- previable — occurring before a fetus has developed enough to survive outside the uterus
- priceable — the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale.
- prime rib — beef: meat from ribs
- printable — capable of being printed.
- probative — serving or designed for testing or trial.