12-letter words containing p, r, o, b, n
- nuxi problem — (data, architecture) /nuk'see pro'bl*m/ The problem of transferring data between computers with differing byte order. The string "Unix" might look like "NUXI" on a machine with a different "byte sex" (e.g. when transferring data from a little-endian to a big-endian, or vice-versa). See also middle-endian, swab, and bytesexual.
- ombudsperson — ombudsman (def 2).
- on probation — under the supervision of a probation officer
- on sb's part — If you talk about a feeling or action on someone's part, you are referring to something that they feel or do.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
- paul-boncour — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1873–1972, French lawyer and statesman: premier 1932–33.
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- 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.
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- phone number — of individual, business
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
- 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.
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- premium bond — In Britain, premium bonds are numbered tickets that are sold by the government. Each month, a computer selects several numbers, and the people whose tickets have those numbers win money.
- press button — a button on a phone dial which you press
- probationary — the act of testing.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- provableness — the quality of being provable
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- ribbon plant — spider plant (def 1).
- ribbon strip — ribbon (def 8).
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- stirrup bone — the stapes, one of the three bones of the middle ear
- subinspector — a secondary or assistant inspector
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- teeny bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- teeny-bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- transponible — capable of being transposed.
- unapprovable — capable of being approved.
- uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- unexplorable — to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery: to explore the island.
- unpardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- unpardonably — in a manner that is not excusable; disgracefully
- unpersonable — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- unprocurable — obtainable.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unrecoupable — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.