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11-letter words containing p, u, b, l

  • impulse buy — spur-of-the-moment purchase
  • insuperable — incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted: an insuperable barrier.
  • insuperably — In an insuperable manner.
  • irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
  • kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
  • labour camp — A labour camp is a kind of prison, where the prisoners are forced to do hard, physical work, usually outdoors.
  • lump labour — work done by self-employed workers in the building trade
  • manipulable — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
  • manipulably — In a manipulable way.
  • mumbledypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
  • mumbletypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
  • numberplate — Alternative spelling of number plate.
  • parabolanus — a member of an early Christian brotherhood in Alexandria and Constantinople who helped the sick in the times of plague
  • paul bunyan — John, 1628–88, English preacher: author of The Pilgrim's Progress.
  • peel rubber — to accelerate an automobile very rapidly, as in a drag race
  • perambulate — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perpetuable — able to be perpetuated
  • persuadable — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
  • persuasible — capable of being persuaded; open to or yielding to persuasion.
  • perturbable — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • perturbedly — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.
  • peru balsam — an aromatic balsam that is obtained from the tropical South American leguminous tree Myroxylon pereirae and is similar to balsam of Tolu
  • photo album — bound book for photos
  • pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
  • plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
  • pleasurable — such as to give pleasure; enjoyable; agreeable; pleasant: a pleasurable experience.
  • plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
  • plumb joint — (in sheet metal work) a soldered lap joint.
  • plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
  • politbureau — (often lowercase) the executive committee and chief policymaking body of a Communist Party.
  • pollen tube — the protoplasmic tube that is extruded from a germinating pollen grain and grows toward the ovule.
  • post-bellum — of or during the period after a war, esp the American Civil War
  • postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
  • pourability — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
  • powder blue — a pale blue diluted with gray.
  • preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
  • preambulate — to make a preamble, to give an introduction
  • prepubertal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
  • produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • productible — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • protrusible — able to be thrust outwards
  • pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • public bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the general interests of the people at large or of the whole community.
  • public debt — national debt.
  • public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
  • public good — benefit of all people
  • public life — public service as an elected or appointed government official.
  • public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
  • public sale — auction (def 1).
  • publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
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