13-letter words containing p, i, l, b, e
- purpose-built — A purpose-built building has been specially designed and built for a particular use.
- receptibility — the quality or condition of being receptible
- repairability — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- repeatability — to say or utter again (something already said): to repeat a word for emphasis.
- replenishable — able to be replenished
- replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
- reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- republicanism — republican government.
- republicanize — to make republican.
- republication — publication anew.
- rumble strips — 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.
- semipermeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- septisyllable — a word made up of seven syllables.
- siphon bottle — a bottle for aerated water, fitted with a bent tube through the neck, the water being forced out, when a valve is opened, by the pressure on its surface of the gas accumulating within the bottle.
- sky-blue pink — a jocular name for a nonexistent, unknown, or unimportant colour
- space biology — exobiology.
- spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling
- spelling-book — a person who spells words.
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- spiral nebula — (formerly) a spiral galaxy.
- splenial bone — a small bone in the lower jaw of some animals, such as reptiles and birds
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- subdiscipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
- subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
- sublime porte — official name of Porte.
- subperiosteal — the normal investment of bone, consisting of a dense, fibrous outer layer, to which muscles attach, and a more delicate, inner layer capable of forming bone.
- subprime loan — A subprime loan is a loan with a higher interest rate, to borrowers who are a high credit risk.
- subspecialist — a person who devotes himself or herself to one subject or to one particular branch of a subject or pursuit.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subspecialize — to specialize in a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- subtriplicate — designating or involving the ratio of the cube roots of two terms
- superlobbyist — someone who lobbies on behalf of another
- supersensible — being above or beyond perception by the senses; beyond the reach of the senses.
- suprasensible — not perceptible by the senses
- table-rapping — the sounds of knocking or tapping made without any apparent physical agency while a group of people sit round a table, and attributed by spiritualists to the spirit of a dead person using this as a means of communication with the living
- the big apple — New York City
- the-big-apple — New York City.
- triple double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- triple-double — a score in a basketball game of at least ten points, ten rebounds, and ten assists by a single player.
- tuva republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous. Capital: Kizyl. Pop: 305 500 (2002). Area: 170 500 sq km (65 800 sq miles)
- umbrella pine — a Japanese evergreen tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, having linear leaves growing in umbrellalike whorls, cultivated as an ornamental.
- unappreciable — sufficient to be readily perceived or estimated; considerable: There is an appreciable difference between socialism and communism.
- unexplainable — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- unexplainably — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- unimpeachable — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
- unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
- unimpressible — not capable of being or willing to be impressed
- unperceivable — imperceptible
- unperceivably — imperceptibly
- unperceptible — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.