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12-letter words containing p, r, o, b

  • bottle party — a party to which guests bring drink
  • branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
  • branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
  • breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
  • breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
  • broad jumper — a participant in the long jump.
  • bronchoscope — an instrument for examining and providing access to the interior of the bronchial tubes
  • bronchoscopy — an examination by means of a bronchoscope.
  • bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
  • bullet-proof — Something that is bullet-proof is made of a strong material that bullets cannot pass through.
  • burglarproof — safeguarded or secure against burglary.
  • burner phone — a disposable cell phone with prepaid service, often used with the intent to temporarily obscure the true identity or contact information of the user: Members of the cartel used burner phones to evade federal surveillance. I always give out the number from my burner phone when I’m going on a blind date.
  • butcher shop — a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.
  • buying group — an association of companies who use their combined purchasing power to achieve the best prices from suppliers
  • buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
  • buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
  • camphor ball — mothball
  • cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
  • carbon paper — Carbon paper is thin paper with a dark substance on one side. You use it to make copies of letters, bills, and other papers.
  • cardiophobia — An inordinate fear of heart disease.
  • cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
  • chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
  • chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
  • chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
  • compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
  • computer bus — bus
  • copper beech — A copper beech is a type of tree with reddish-brown leaves.
  • corncob pipe — a pipe made from a dried corncob
  • coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
  • cryptobiosis — a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable
  • cryptobiotic — Of or pertaining to cryptobiosis.
  • cub reporter — A cub reporter is a young newspaper journalist who is still being trained.
  • cybertrooper — (in Malaysia) An activist who uses cyberspace.
  • double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
  • drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
  • drop biscuit — a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.
  • equiprobable — (of two or more things ) equally likely to occur; having equal probability.
  • espresso bar — a coffee house that specializes in espresso coffee and other coffee drinks with an espresso base
  • exprobration — the act of reproaching
  • exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
  • exprobratory — acting as a reproach
  • 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
  • fosbury flop — a modern high-jumping technique whereby the jumper clears the bar headfirst and backwards
  • francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
  • gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
  • germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
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