14-letter words containing p, o, r, b, e
- carbon capture — the capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide, esp as a technique to prevent climate change
- carbon process — a photographic process for producing positive prints by exposing sensitized carbon tissue to light passing through a negative. Washing removes the unexposed gelatine leaving the pigmented image in the exposed insoluble gelatine
- carbro process — a process for making carbon or pigment prints on bromide paper without exposure to light.
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- cobbler's pegs — a common Australian weed, Bidens pilosa, with spiky peglike awns
- comparableness — The state or quality of being comparable; comparability.
- complex number — any number of the form a + ib, where a and b are real numbers and i = √–1
- comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
- comprehendible — comprehensible
- comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- computerizable — able to be computerized
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- computerphobic — a computerphobe
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- deplorableness — The state or quality of being deplorable.
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- draw-top table — a table that can be extended by sliding one or more additional leaves into place
- dropper bottle — A dropper bottle is a container from which medicine is administered using a device that lets the medicine out in drops.
- 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
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fibrinopeptide — (protein) A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting.
- health problem — ailment or disorder
- hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- 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.
- incompressible — not capable of being compressed.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- introspectible — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- irreproachable — free from blame; not able to be reproached or censured.
- irreproachably — In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- irresponsibles — Plural form of irresponsible.
- 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
- marsupial bone — epipubis.
- membranophones — Plural form of membranophone.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
- napier's bones — a form of multiplication table originally marked on sticks of bone or ivory that could be rearranged to carry out the operations of multiplication or division.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- nexpert object — An expert system.