12-letter words containing p, u, b, l
- drawbar pull — the force, measured in pounds, available to a locomotive for pulling rolling stock after overcoming its own tractive resistance.
- duplicatable — capable of being duplicated.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- equiprobable — (of two or more things ) equally likely to occur; having equal probability.
- fosbury flop — a modern high-jumping technique whereby the jumper clears the bar headfirst and backwards
- half-cup bra — a bra that covers three-quarters of the breasts rather than all of the breasts
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- imputability — The character of being imputable.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- indisputable — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- indisputably — not disputable or deniable; uncontestable. indisputable evidence.
- inexpugnable — incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable.
- inexpungible — that cannot be expunged, erased, or obliterated; inextirpable.
- insupposable — Incapable of being supposed; inconceivable.
- labour pains — the pains felt during the contractions of childbirth
- labour party — a political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906.
- lobular pump — a blower or pump displacing air or liquid by means of rotors having meshing lobes that act as a seal at their place of mesh.
- maple butter — thickened maple syrup
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- multipliable — capable of being multiplied.
- multiproblem — characterized by or experiencing several problems
- mumblety-peg — 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.
- non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- number plate — vehicle's registration panel
- numbers pool — Also called numbers, numbers game, numbers racket. an illegal daily lottery in which money is wagered on the appearance of certain numbers in some statistical listing or tabulation published in a daily newspaper, racing form, etc.
- 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.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- out of plumb — not vertical
- paul-boncour — Joseph [zhaw-zef] /ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1873–1972, French lawyer and statesman: premier 1932–33.
- peacock blue — a lustrous greenish blue, as of certain peacock feathers.
- pearl button — a button (as for fastening a shirt, blouse, etc) made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- perambulator — baby carriage.
- petrobutanol — butyl alcohol.
- phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- pilot burner — pilot light (def 1).
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- plenum cable — (hardware) Cable that can be (legally) installed in the plenum (the space between a ceiling and the floor above it). Such cable is (usually) teflon-coated so that it will not give off toxic fumes when burned. In some parts of the world such cable is required by law.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- polybutylene — any of several polymers of butylene, used chiefly in the manufacture of lubricants and synthetic rubber.
- poplar bluff — a city in SE Missouri.
- powerbuilder — (tool, database) A graphical user interface development tool from Powersoft for developing client-server database applications. It runs under MS-DOS(?) and Microsoft Windows. There are also versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Macintosh, and Unix. Applications can be built by creating windows, controls (such as listboxes and buttons), and menus within the PowerBuilder development environment. The language used to program PowerBuilder, PowerScript, is loosely based on BASIC. PowerBuilder supports programming on many database backends including Sybase and Oracle. It also has added support for ODBC database drivers. PowerBuilder also comes with a built-in database backend (WATCOM SQL 32-bit relational database).
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly