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12-letter words containing p, o, t, b, i

  • fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
  • fibre optics — optical fibre
  • haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
  • hematophobia — Fear of bleeding or the sight of blood.
  • heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
  • hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
  • hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
  • hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
  • ibota privet — a Japanese spreading shrub, Ligustrum obtusifolium, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and nodding white flower clusters.
  • impost block — dosseret.
  • incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
  • incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
  • incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
  • incomputably — In an incomputable way.
  • inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
  • inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
  • interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
  • job printing — commercial printing of such items as letterheads, circulars, invitations, etc.
  • lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
  • liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
  • mephibosheth — a son of Jonathan, and the grandson of Saul. II Sam 4:4.
  • metabotropic — Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation).
  • mobius strip — a continuous, one-sided surface formed by twisting one end of a rectangular strip through 180° about the longitudinal axis of the strip and attaching this end to the other.
  • montes pubis — mons pubis
  • multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
  • obreptitious — having the characteristics of acquiring something by deceitful means
  • odontophobia — an unnatural dread or terror of teeth
  • on probation — under the supervision of a probation officer
  • opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
  • paedobaptism — the baptism of infants
  • paedobaptist — a person who baptizes infants
  • panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
  • pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
  • phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
  • photobiology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
  • phytobiology — the branch of biology dealing with plants.
  • picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
  • pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
  • pipe tobacco — tobacco suitable for use in a tobacco pipe
  • plastic bomb — a bomb made of plastic explosive.
  • plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
  • 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.
  • postbiblical — occurring after the events written about in the Bible, occurring after the Bible was written
  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
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