10-letter words containing p, r, o, b, i
- fiberscope — an optical instrument consisting of a fiber bundle with an objective lens at one end and an eyepiece at the other, for viewing objects not accessible to direct viewing.
- fibrescope — (British) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- implorable — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- import ban — a ban on the importation of certain products from a certain country into the home country
- importable — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- improbable — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- improbably — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- improvable — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- inoperable — not operable or practicable.
- microprobe — Chemistry, Spectroscopy. a device used to excite radiation by a material in order to determine chemical or elemental composition from the emission spectrum produced.
- milliprobe — an instrument that analyses very small quantities of material
- obpyriform — inversely pear-shaped; pear-shaped with the narrow end at the base.
- ombrophile — a plant which survives well or flourishes in rainy conditions
- opprobrium — the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
- paedotribe — (in ancient Greece) a gymnastics teacher
- parabiosis — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
- parabiotic — experimental or natural union of two individuals with exchange of blood.
- parabolize — to form as a parabola or paraboloid.
- paraboloid — a surface that can be put into a position such that its sections parallel to at least one coordinate plane are parabolas.
- paramaribo — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
- pillar box — a pillarlike box in which letters are deposited for collection by mail carriers; mailbox.
- pilot bird — a warbler of forest floors in SE Australia, Pycnoptilus floccosus, named from its alleged habit of accompanying the superb lyrebird
- polyhybrid — a heterozygous hybrid
- port blair — a seaport in and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on S Andaman.
- portakabin — A Portakabin is a small building that can be moved by truck and that can be used for a short period of time, for example as a temporary office.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- presbyopia — farsightedness due to ciliary muscle weakness and loss of elasticity in the crystalline lens.
- pro-busing — favoring or advocating legislation that requires the busing of students to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
- probenecid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 1 3 H 1 9 NO 4 S, used chiefly in the treatment of gout.
- probiotics — a therapeutic treatment involving the ingestion of harmless bacteria
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics
- procambium — the meristem from which vascular bundles are developed.
- producible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- profitably — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
- prohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- prohibitor — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- proscribed — condemned or prohibited
- proverbial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providable — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- pyrophobia — an abnormal fear of fire.
- pyrophobic — an abnormal fear of fire.
- ribbentrop — Joachim von [yoh-ah-khim fuh n] /ˈyoʊ ɑ xɪm fən/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, German leader in the Nazi party: minister of foreign affairs 1938–45; executed for war crimes.
- strip bond — a bond that has been stripped into its principal certificate and interest coupons, each part to be sold separately.
- subreption — Canon Law. a concealment of the pertinent facts in a petition, as for dispensation or favor, that in certain cases nullifies the grant. Compare obreption (def 1).
- subtropics — the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands
- top timber — a timber forming the upper, straighter portion of a frame in a wooden hull.
- tropicbird — any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.
- vibraphone — vibraharp.