14-letter words containing p, o, t, b, i
- phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
- pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- poikiloblastic — (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.
- point the bone — to wish bad luck (on)
- point-by-point — detailed and deliberate; taking every point into consideration
- polarizability — to cause polarization in.
- pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
- port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- post-obit bond — a bond paying a sum of money after the death of some specified person.
- postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
- potbellied pig — a type of small, dark, domesticated pig with a lighter band running around its middle, native to Vietnam and sometimes kept as a pet.
- prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
- prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
- probabiliorist — someone who advocates probabiliorism
- processability — capable of being processed.
- productibility — the ability to produce
- prohibitionist — a person who favors or advocates prohibition.
- proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
- protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- resubscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- ribeirao preto — a city in SE Brazil.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- streptobacilli — any of various bacilli that form in chains.
- sub-peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
- supportability — capable of being supported; endurable; maintainable.
- susceptible of — that gives a chance for; admitting; allowing
- susceptible to — liable to
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- tenpin bowling — Tenpin bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track toward a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- tilt-top table — a pedestal table having a top that can be tilted vertically.
- whirlpool bath — a bath in which the body is immersed in swirling water as therapy or for relaxation.