12-letter words containing p, i, b, a
- brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
- buck private — a common soldier
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
- camber piece — a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- cardiophobia — An inordinate fear of heart disease.
- cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- displaceable — Capable of being displaced.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- ephebophilia — the condition of being sexually attracted to adolescents
- equiprobable — (of two or more things ) equally likely to occur; having equal probability.
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- graphophobia — Fear or dislike of writing.
- hairpin bend — A hairpin bend or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- hebephreniac — a person suffering from hebephrenia
- hematophobia — Fear of bleeding or the sight of blood.
- heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
- hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs