12-letter words containing p, t, i
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- autoptically — in an autoptical manner
- azathioprine — a synthetic drug that suppresses the normal immune responses of the body and is administered orally during and after organ transplantation and also in certain types of autoimmune disease. Formula: C9H7N7O2S
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- back-patting — an act or instance of offering praise or congratulation: The winners indulged in a certain amount of mutual back-patting.
- backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- backup light — Backup lights are the white lights on the back of a vehicle that shine when the vehicle moves backward.
- banana split — A banana split is a kind of dessert. It consists of a banana cut in half along its length, with ice cream, nuts, and sauce on top.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- baptisteries — Plural form of baptistery.
- barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
- barrow point — the northernmost tip of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean
- basing point — a geographical location from which freight charges are computed by the seller regardless of the point from which the goods are shipped.
- bat printing — ornamenting of ceramics by means of an adhesive substance, as linseed oil, transferred onto the ceramic surface from a sheet of glue or gelatin, dusted with color, and fired.
- bathing wrap — a loose robe to wear after bathing, often made of towelling
- bathmophobia — The fear of stairs and slopes.
- bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
- bathygraphic — of or relating to the depths of the ocean
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- be expecting — to be pregnant
- beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
- beauty strip — a narrow forest corridor left uncut alongside a road or body of water.
- bell captain — a person in charge of a group of bellhops
- betting shop — A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race.
- betting slip — a piece of paper used to place a bet
- bibliopegist — a bookbinder
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bien pensant — a right-thinking person
- binding post — one of several metal pegs or rods, fitted into a loose-leaf binder, for holding sheets with prepunched holes.
- biocomputing — the application of computing to problems in biology, biochemistry, and genetics
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- bird-spotter — a bird-watcher
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- biting point — (in driving) the point at which the plates of the clutch connect as the clutch pedal is released
- bitter apple — colocynth
- blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
- blood typing — the classification of human blood cells to determine compatible blood types as for transfusion or organ transplant
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- blue pointer — a large shark, Isuropsis mako, of Australian coastal waters, having a blue back and pointed snout
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- boating trip — a trip or holiday in a boat such as a sailing boat or canal boat
- boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- bolt upright — If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
- bomber pilot — the pilot of a bomber
- boot topping — the part of a ship's hull that is between the load line and the water line when the ship is not loaded
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.