12-letter words containing p, i, n, b
- pension book — In Britain, a pension book is a small book which is given to pensioners by the government. Each week, one page can be exchanged for money at a Post Office.
- peptide bond — a covalent bond formed by joining the carboxyl group of one amino acid to the amino group of another, with the removal of a molecule of water.
- persian lamb — the young lamb of the Karakul sheep.
- perturbation — the act of perturbing.
- petrobrusian — a member of a 12th-century sect in S France that rejected the Mass, infant baptism, prayers for the dead, sacerdotalism, the veneration of the cross, and the building of churches.
- phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- piano nobile — the principal story of a large building, as of a palace or villa.
- picnic table — table-and-bench structure used outdoors
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- pig breeding — the act or process of getting pigs to reproduce
- pigeon blood — dark red.
- piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- pine warbler — a warbler, Dendroica pinus, inhabiting pine forests of the southeastern U.S.
- plea bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plea-bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- port alberni — a port in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the E central part of Vancouver Island, on an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
- postabortion — Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- prime number — a positive integer that is not divisible without remainder by any integer except itself and 1, with 1 often excluded: The integers 2, 3, 5, and 7 are prime numbers.
- probationary — the act of testing.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
- public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- purblindness — the state of being purblind
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
- satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
- sleeping bag — a warmly lined or padded body-length bag, usually waterproof and with a closure, in which one or two persons can sleep, especially outdoors, as when camping.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spelling bee — a spelling competition won by the individual or team spelling the greatest number of words correctly; spelldown.
- spina bifida — a congenital neural tube defect in which part of the meninges or spinal cord protrudes through the spinal column, often resulting in neurological impairment.