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

  • double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
  • doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
  • duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
  • durable press — permanent press.
  • humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
  • imperturbable — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
  • imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
  • imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
  • incorruptable — Misspelling of incorruptible.
  • incorruptible — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
  • incorruptibly — In an incorruptible manner.
  • inculpability — Lack of culpability; freedom from blame.
  • insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
  • insupportably — In an insupportable manner.
  • insusceptible — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
  • interruptible — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
  • john q public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
  • jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
  • komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
  • labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
  • lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
  • luang prabang — Louangphrabang.
  • lumbar plexus — a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
  • mahabalipuram — a village in NE Tamil Nadu, in SE India: Hindu temples; early Dravidian architecture.
  • manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • melbourne cup — an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861
  • multiple boot — dual boot
  • multiplicable — capable of being multiplied.
  • non-imputable — to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
  • non-reputable — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
  • nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
  • notary public — a public officer or other person authorized to authenticate contracts, acknowledge deeds, take affidavits, protest bills of exchange, take depositions, etc.
  • opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
  • opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
  • pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • pilot biscuit — hardtack.
  • pleasure boat — recreational vessel
  • plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • pre-columbian — of or relating to the Americas before the arrival of Columbus: pre-Columbian art; pre-Columbian Indians.
  • premandibular — situated in front of the mandible
  • primum mobile — (in Ptolemaic astronomy) the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise.
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • pronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • prussian blue — any of a number of blue pigments containing ferrocyanide or ferricyanide complexes
  • public access — the availability of noncommercial television and radio broadcasting facilities to community groups or members of the public for programs of general interest to the community, especially as a condition of cable television franchises.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • public domain — the status of a literary work or an invention whose copyright or patent has expired or that never had such protection.
  • public health — health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.
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