11-letter words containing p, i, l, b, e
- irreparably — not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good: an irreparable mistake.
- irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
- kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- limber pine — a pine, Pinus flexilis, of western North America, having light, soft wood used locally for railroad ties, poles, fuel, etc.
- manipulable — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
- mobile shop — a van, truck, etc, which travels from place to place and from which goods are sold
- monoblepsis — a condition of the eyesight in which there is no problem with vision when one eye is involved but there is impairment to vision that uses both eyes
- nobel prize — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in economics was established in 1969 from private funds.
- object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- optimizable — Capable of being optimized.
- parablepsis — abnormal vision
- parableptic — relating to parablepsis
- pencil beam — a cone-shaped radar beam.
- pensionable — worker: of retirement age
- perceivable — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceivably — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceptible — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
- perceptibly — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
- perfectible — capable of becoming or of being made perfect; improvable.
- perishables — perishable articles, esp food
- permissible — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- permissibly — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- perspirable — having the ability to perspire
- persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- piebaldness — having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored.
- pill beetle — a very common beetle, Byrrhus pilula, typical of the family Byrrhidae, that can feign death by withdrawing legs and antennae into grooves underneath the oval body
- pill bottle — a small bottle that pills are kept in
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- pitchblende — a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.
- plebeianism — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
- plebeianize — to make popular or vulgar
- polarizable — to cause polarization in.
- politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- pot-bellied — a distended or protuberant belly.
- practicable — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
- prebiblical — written, existing or occurring prior to the writing of the Bible; pertaining to this time period
- predictable — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- preemptible — to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- prehensible — able to be seized or grasped.
- prelibation — a foretaste.
- premorbidly — pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.