14-letter words containing p, o, b, a
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- contemplatable — That can be contemplated.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- court cupboard — a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
- developability — to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state: to develop natural resources; to develop one's musical talent.
- diplomatic bag — A diplomatic bag is a bag or container in which mail is sent to and from foreign embassies. Diplomatic bags are protected by law, so that they are not opened by anyone except the official or embassy they are addressed to.
- disapprobation — disapproval; condemnation.
- disapprobatory — Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
- disposableness — Disposability.
- disprovability — The ability to be disproven; refutability.
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
- drop an f-bomb — to use the word fuck in a situation where it will cause great offence
- dutch cupboard — a buffet with open upper shelves.
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- european bison — a closely related and similar animal, Bison bonasus, formerly widespread in Europe
- expansion bend — a loop in a pipe conveying hot fluid that provides flexibility which takes up thermal expansion and thus reduces temperature-induced stress in the pipe to an acceptable level
- expansion bolt — a bolt that expands on tightening, enabling it to be secured into an unthreaded hole
- exploitability — The state or condition of being exploitable.
- fallopian tube — one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
- football pitch — ground where soccer is played
- football pools — If you do the football pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches.
- garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- health problem — ailment or disorder
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- ibm compatible — (computer) A computer which can use hardware and software designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes). This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway 2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the market, marginalising IBM.
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- impressionable — easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.
- impressionably — In an impressionable manner.
- inapproachable — not approachable.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
- irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
- jarabe tapatio — a dance of Mexican origin, performed by a couple and consisting of nine figures and melodies, in which the partners often dance facing each other but not touching.
- leopard's-bane — any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, of Europe and Asia, having alternate, usually clasping leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
- linen cupboard — airing cupboard
- louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.