12-letter words containing r, e, p, a, b
- prescribable — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- preset board — a control board for setting up theatrical lighting switches and dimmer readings in advance so that during a performance the lights can be automatically operated for one or several scenes.
- press bureau — an organization or a department whose function is press-agentry.
- primary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
- primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.
- private bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.
- problem area — a place that is prone to a particular problem or danger, such as flooding or road-traffic accidents
- problem page — a feature in a newspaper, magazine, etc in which readers' problems are published and answers supplied
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- problematize — to demonstrate to be unsettled or uncertain, or more complex than originally assumed or regarded; show to be problematic
- proboscidate — having a proboscis.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- procarbazine — a drug used in the treatment of cancer, esp lymphomas
- programmable — capable of being programmed.
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- prosecutable — Law. to institute legal proceedings against (a person). to seek to enforce or obtain by legal process. to conduct criminal proceedings in court against.
- protuberance — the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- provableness — the quality of being provable
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- rabbet plane — a plane for cutting rabbets or the like, having a blade set to one side at right angles or diagonally to the direction of motion.
- reabsorption — resorption (def 2).
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- reproachable — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- rhabdosphere — a minute sphere made up of rhabdoliths
- rubber plant — a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental house plant.
- rubber stamp — handheld printing tool
- rubber-stamp — to imprint with a rubber stamp.
- rugby player — a person who plays rugby
- scraperboard — scratchboard.
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
- snobographer — a person who writes about snobs
- specbaserate — A variant of SPECrate that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules. See SPECrate_base_fp92, SPECrate_base_int92.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- sub-parallel — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- subtemperate — of, relating to, or occurring in the colder parts of the Temperate Zone.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- superposable — to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
- torpedo boat — a small, fast, highly maneuverable boat used for torpedoing enemy shipping.