13-letter words containing t, b, o
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- overexuberant — effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant: an exuberant welcome for the hero.
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
- parietal bone — either of a pair of membrane bones forming, by their union at the sagittal suture, part of the sides and top of the skull.
- parietal lobe — the middle part of each cerebral hemisphere behind the central sulcus.
- parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
- parrot's-bill — a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers.
- parsons table — a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.
- particleboard — a boardlike building material made by compressing sawdust or wood particles with a resin binder
- partitionable — a division into or distribution in portions or shares.
- peccatophobia — an abnormal fear of sinning.
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentobarbital — a barbiturate, C 1 1 H 1 7 N 2 O 3 , used as a hypnotic and as a sedative.
- perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
- perditionable — deserving perdition or damnation
- personal best — A sports player's personal best is the highest score or fastest time that they have ever achieved.
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- photo-biology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
- photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- pilot balloon — a balloon for the visual observation of upper-atmosphere wind currents.
- pilot biscuit — hardtack.
- play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
- pleasure boat — recreational vessel
- plebification — the act of making popular or vulgar
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
- polling booth — a booth in which voters cast their votes.
- polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
- polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- port colborne — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- possibilities — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
- post-cambrian — Geology. noting or pertaining to a period of the Paleozoic Era, occurring from 570 million to 500 million years ago, when algae and marine invertebrates were the predominant form of life.
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- potato beetle — a black and yellow leaf beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, originally of Colorado and neighboring states but now a common pest in all potato-growing regions of the U.S.
- potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
- potbelly wood — a load of firewood, approximately half a cord, cut in lengths of 16 inches (40 cm) or less for use in a potbelly stove.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- prefabricator — someone who or an organization that prefabricates
- pro-abolition — the act of abolishing: the abolition of war.
- pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
- probabilistic — Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.