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17-letter words containing p, e, t, i, b

  • metabolic pathway — biochemistry: sequence of reactions within a cell or organism
  • old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • opisthobranchiate — (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Opisthobranchiata.
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • percussion bullet — a bullet that is exploded by percussion
  • petit bourgeoisie — The petit bourgeoisie are people in the lower middle class.
  • petite bourgeoise — a woman who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
  • petty bourgeoisie — the section of the middle class with the lowest social status, generally composed of shopkeepers, lower clerical staff, etc
  • phonetic alphabet — an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
  • pillar-and-breast — room-and-pillar.
  • pitot-static tube — a device combining a Pitot tube with a static tube: used to measure airspeed.
  • plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
  • pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
  • political liberty — the right to express oneself freely and effectually regarding the conduct, makeup, and principles of the government under which one lives.
  • positive feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
  • potassium bromate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KBrO 3 , used chiefly as an oxidizing agent and as an analytical reagent.
  • potassium bromide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KBr, having a bitter saline taste: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic papers and plates, in engraving, and in medicine as a sedative.
  • primitive baptist — (especially in the Southern U.S.) one belonging to a highly conservative, loosely organized Baptist group, characterized by extreme fundamentalism and by opposition to missionary work, Sunday Schools, and the use of musical instruments in church.
  • probability curve — a curve that describes the distribution of probability over the values of a random variable.
  • probation officer — an officer who investigates and reports on the conduct of offenders who are free on probation.
  • production number — a specialty number or routine, usually performed by the entire cast consisting of musicians, singers, dancers, stars, etc., of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, or the like.
  • proprietary brand — a brand of product that is privately owned and controlled
  • public assistance — government aid to the poor, disabled, or aged or to dependent children, as financial assistance or food stamps.
  • public enterprise — economic activity by governmental organizations
  • public prosecutor — an officer charged with the conduct of criminal prosecution in the interest of the public.
  • public television — a type of noncommercial, usually educational, television programming funded by the government, grants, viewers, and corporations. Compare educational television.
  • publicity officer — a person who is employed to get publicity for an organization, or to provide information about it
  • publicity-seeking — eager to attract publicity
  • put the kibosh on — nonsense.
  • quality paperback — a softbound book that is usually larger and more expensive than a mass market paperback and is sold primarily in bookstores as a trade book.
  • ribonucleoprotein — a substance composed of RNA in close association with protein; a nucleoprotein containing RNA. Abbreviation: RNP.
  • roseate spoonbill — a tropical New World spoonbill, Ajaia ajaja, having rose-colored plumage and a bare head.
  • rubber plantation — an estate in a tropical country where rubber trees are grown on a large scale
  • rubber-base paint — latex paint.
  • self-incompatible — not capable of self-pollination.
  • semi-permeability — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
  • serendipity berry — miracle fruit (def 2).
  • sodium pyroborate — borax1 .
  • special constable — a person recruited for temporary or occasional police duties, esp in time of emergency
  • spiritual bouquet — the spiritual presentation of a good work to another person.
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • steamboat springs — a town in NW Colorado: ski resort.
  • subjective spirit — spirit, insofar as it falls short of the attainments of objective spirit.
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • taiping rebellion — a movement of religious mysticism and agrarian unrest in China between 1850 and 1864 which weakened the Manchu dynasty but was eventually suppressed with foreign aid
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
  • temporomandibular — of, relating to, or situated near the hinge joint formed by the lower jaw and the temporal bone of the skull.
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
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