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12-letter words containing p, e, t, r, b

  • 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.
  • picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
  • picture tube — a cathode-ray tube with a screen at one end on which images are reproduced.
  • pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
  • 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.
  • pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
  • 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.
  • port moresby — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near-lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon Islands: a former Australian Trusteeship Territory; independent since 1975; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 178,260 sq. mi. (461,693 sq. km). Capital: Port Moresby.
  • post-puberty — the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female.
  • 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.
  • prepubescent — of or relating to the years immediately preceding puberty, prepubertal.
  • 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.
  • press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
  • private bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.
  • problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
  • problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
  • prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
  • protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
  • protuberancy — protuberance.
  • rabbet plane — a plane for cutting rabbets or the like, having a blade set to one side at right angles or diagonally to the direction of motion.
  • reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
  • receipt book — book containing receipt slips
  • reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
  • rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
  • rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
  • rumble strip — one of a series of rough or slightly raised strips of pavement on a highway, intended to slow down the speed of vehicles, as before a toll booth.
  • separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • specbaserate — A variant of SPECrate that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules. See SPECrate_base_fp92, SPECrate_base_int92.
  • stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
  • striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
  • subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
  • subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
  • subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
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