12-letter words containing p, i, n, b
- blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
- blue springs — a town in W Missouri.
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- boating trip — a trip or holiday in a boat such as a sailing boat or canal boat
- boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
- body popping — a dance style involving muscular jerking of the upper body
- book-keeping — the skill or occupation of maintaining accurate records of business transactions
- boot topping — the part of a ship's hull that is between the load line and the water line when the ship is not loaded
- bouillon cup — a small, bowl-shaped vessel, with two handles, in which bouillon is served.
- brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
- brine shrimp — any of a genus (Artemia) of small fairy shrimp found in salt lakes and marshes and used as living, frozen, or dried food in aquariums
- 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.
- bubble point — the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
- bullet point — A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
- 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
- buying group — an association of companies who use their combined purchasing power to achieve the best prices from suppliers
- buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
- buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
- buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- corncob pipe — a pipe made from a dried corncob
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- exprobration — the act of reproaching
- fippenny bit — the Spanish half real, the value of which was about six cents.
- 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.
- 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
- helping verb — auxiliary verb.
- 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
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- impardonable — (obsolete) unpardonable.
- impenetrable — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- imponderable — not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.
- imprisonable — capable of being imprisoned or incarcerated