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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.
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