13-letter words containing p, e, t, r, b
- bromocriptine — a dopamine agonist drug which blocks the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
- brownie point — If someone does something to score brownie points, they do it because they think they will be praised for it.
- budget period — the time which a budget covers
- buffet supper — supper at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
- business trip — a journey made somewhere and back again for business purposes in one's working capacity
- butcher paper — heavy, moisture-resistant paper, as used for wrapping meat.
- butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
- butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
- carpenter bee — any large solitary bee of the genus Xylocopa and related genera that lays its eggs in tunnels bored into wood or in plant stems: family Apidae
- carpet beetle — any of various beetles of the genus Anthrenus, the larvae of which feed on carpets, furnishing fabrics, etc: family Dermestidae
- carpetbaggers — U.S. History. a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
- carpetbaggery — the practice of being a carpetbagger
- carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clipper-built — (of a hull) having fast lines, with a high ratio of length to beam and a fine entrance.
- computerphobe — a person with a strong fear or dislike of computers
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- erythrophobia — Abnormal and persistent fear of blushing.
- exportability — The property of being exportable.
- flatbed press — a printing machine on which the type forme is carried on a flat bed under a revolving paper-bearing cylinder
- fort campbell — a military reservation in SW Kentucky and NW Tennessee, NW of Clarksville, Tenn., and SW of Hopkinsville, Ky.
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
- herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hypermobility — An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
- imperceptible — very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road.
- imperceptibly — very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road.
- imperfectible — that cannot be perfected.
- imperturbable — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- impracticable — not practicable; incapable of being put into practice with the available means: an impracticable plan.
- impredictable — (nonstandard) unpredictable.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
- incorruptible — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- interceptable — Able to be intercepted.
- interoperable — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
- interoperably — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
- interpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- interruptible — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).