9-letter words containing p, r, b
- paperbark — cajeput.
- par-sable — to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- para-bola — a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone with a plane parallel to a generator of the cone; the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point in the same plane or in a parallel plane. Equation: y 2 = 2 px or x 2 = 2 py.
- parabasis — (in ancient Greek drama) a choral ode addressed to the audience, especially of comedy, and independent of the action of the play: usually following the agon and, in the earliest forms of comedy, serving often to end the play.
- parablast — the nutritive yolk of a meroblastic ovum or egg.
- parabolic — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- parabrake — parachute brake.
- paranaiba — a river in W Minas Gerais, S central Brazil, flowing W and joining the Rio Grande to form the Paraná River. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- parbuckle — a kind of tackle for raising or lowering a cask or similar object along an inclined plane or a vertical surface, consisting of a rope looped over a post or the like, with its two ends passing around the object to be moved.
- pardubice — a city in N central Czech Republic, on the Elbe River.
- passer-by — a person passing by.
- passersby — a person passing by.
- pay board — a former government agency that controlled prices and wages
- pea shrub — any of various small trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Caragana, of the legume family, native to central Asia, having showy, usually yellow flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pea-brain — a foolish or unintelligent person
- penumbral — Astronomy. the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off. Compare umbra (def 3a). the grayish marginal portion of a sunspot. Compare umbra (def 3b).
- pepperbox — a small box with perforations in the top, for sprinkling pepper.
- perborate — a salt of perboric acid, as sodium perborate, NaBO 3 ⋅4H 2 O, used for bleaching, disinfecting, etc.
- perceable — pierceable
- perfboard — hardboard with perforations into which pegs or hooks can be inserted for hanging or displaying objects.
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- peribolos — a colonnade or wall surrounding a Classical temple
- peribonca — a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.
- permabear — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will fall
- permabull — an investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will rise
- permeable — capable of being permeated.
- perturbed — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- perturber — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
- perusable — having the ability to be perused
- piano bar — a cocktail lounge featuring live piano music.
- pillarbox — a technique for displaying a video recorded in portrait orientation on a wider screen by reducing its size but retaining the aspect ratio, with black bands filling the screen to the right and left of the picture (often used attributively): pillarbox format. Compare letterbox (def 2).
- pillsbury — Charles Alfred, 1842–99, U.S. businessman.
- pinballer — a person who plays pinball machines, especially regularly or habitually.
- pinch bar — a kind of crowbar or lever with a projection that serves as a fulcrum.
- pinky bar — a chocolate-covered marshmallow bar
- pittsburg — a city in W California.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.
- pokeberry — the berry of the pokeweed.
- politburo — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
- porbandar — a seaport in SW Gujarat, in W India.
- porbeagle — a shark of the genus Lamna, especially L. nasus, a large, voracious species of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.
- portobelo — a small port in Panama, on the Caribbean northeast of Colón: the most important port in South America in colonial times; declined with the opening of the Panama Canal. Pop: 3300 (1997)
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- pourboire — a gratuity; tip.
- powerboat — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- pre-build — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- preabsorb — to absorb beforehand or in advance
- preambled — an introductory statement; preface; introduction. Synonyms: opening, beginning; foreword, prologue, prelude. Antonyms: epilogue, appendix, conclusion, afterword, closing.
- prebattle — existing, occurring or carried out in the period before a battle