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14-letter words containing t, e, r, b, a

  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • pebble-leather — a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water.
  • pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
  • penetrableness — the state of being penetrable; the capacity to be penetrated
  • perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
  • performability — the quality of being performable
  • periodic table — a table illustrating the periodic system, in which the chemical elements, formerly arranged in the order of their atomic weights and now according to their atomic numbers, are shown in related groups.
  • perturbational — relating to perturbation
  • phenobarbitone — 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.
  • piecrust table — a table having a top, usually round, with a raised and intricately carved edge.
  • play it by ear — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
  • pleasurability — the characteristic of being pleasurable
  • plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
  • polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
  • port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
  • post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
  • postliberation — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after the liberation of a city, state, nation, etc
  • prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
  • predictability — consistent repetition of a state, course of action, behavior, or the like, making it possible to know in advance what to expect: The predictability of their daily lives was both comforting and boring.
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • prefabrication — to fabricate or construct beforehand.
  • prepublication — the period immediately preceding the publication of a book.
  • presentability — that may be presented.
  • private member — (sometimes lowercase) British. a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.
  • processability — capable of being processed.
  • proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
  • protectability — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • puerto barrios — a seaport in E Guatemala.
  • puerto cabello — a seaport in N Venezuela.
  • quantum number — any integer or half of an odd integer that distinguishes one of the discrete states of a quantum-mechanical system.
  • quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
  • quodlibetarian — a person who writes, discusses or engages in quodlibets
  • radiation belt — Van Allen belt.
  • rainbow darter — a stout darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, inhabiting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River drainages, the spawning male of which has the sides marked with oblique blue bars with red interspaces.
  • rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
  • raspberry tart — a fruit tart made with raspberries
  • raster blaster — (hardware, jargon)   (Cambridge) Specialised hardware for bitblt operations (a blitter). Allegedly inspired by "Rasta Blasta", British slang for the sort of portable stereo Americans call a "boom box" or "ghetto blaster".
  • rat-bite fever — either of two relapsing febrile diseases, widely distributed geographically, caused by infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor and transmitted by rats.
  • rateable value — In Britain, the rateable value of a building was a value based on its size and facilities, which was used in calculating local taxes called rates.
  • rationalizable — capable of being rationalized
  • re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
  • record cabinet — a piece of furniture like a cupboard, designed to hold or display vinyl records stacked on their side
  • recoverability — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
  • rectifiability — the quality or state of being rectifiable
  • redeliberation — careful consideration before decision.
  • rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
  • refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
  • registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
  • rehabilitation — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
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