11-letter words containing p, u, e, b
- prenumbered — a numeral or group of numerals.
- prepubertal — the period of life just prior to sexual maturation.
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- pressburger — Emeric (ˈɛmərɪk). 1902–88, Hungarian film writer and producer, living in Britain: best known for his collaboration (1942–57) with Michael Powell. Films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), I Know Where I'm Going (1945), and A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- probusiness — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- 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
- protuberant — bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes.
- protuberate — to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- pubic louse — See under louse (def 1).
- 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 life — public service as an elected or appointed government official.
- public sale — auction (def 1).
- publicities — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
- publishable — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- publishment — publication.
- pulley bone — wishbone (def 1).
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- putrescible — liable to become putrid.
- puzzle book — a book of games or questions presenting problems that require skill or ingenuity for their solution
- pyrobitumen — any of the dark, solid hydrocarbons including peat, coal, and bituminous shale.
- rear bumper — the bar at the back of a vehicle which protects it if it bumps into something
- recuperable — capable of recuperation
- republisher — a person who republishes
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- shipbuilder — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- soap bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- soap-bubble — a bubble of soapsuds.
- spinel ruby — ruby spinel.
- spitzenburg — any of several red or yellow varieties of apple that ripen in the autumn.
- spouted bed — A spouted bed is a bed in which the particles are quite big, and contact only happens in an upward movement of fluid in the middle of the bed.
- spruce beer — a fermented beverage made with spruce leaves and twigs, or an extract from them.
- steeplebush — the hardhack.
- sub-project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- sub-species — A sub-species of a plant or animal is one of the types that a particular species is divided into.
- subemployed — of or relating to workers affected by subemployment
- subjectship — the state of being a subject or citizen
- submultiple — a number that is contained by another number an integral number of times without a remainder: The number 3 is a submultiple of 12.
- suboptimize — to use in a way that is less than optimal
- subparallel — not quite parallel
- subpoenaing — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
- subprioress — a nun junior to a prioress