11-letter words containing p
- bell-topper — a tall silk hat
- bellerophon — a hero of Corinth who performed many deeds with the help of the winged horse Pegasus, notably the killing of the monster Chimera
- belt pulley — a pulley used to operate a conveyor belt
- bench press — a weight-training exercise in which a person lies on a bench and pushes a barbell upwards with both hands from chest level until the arms are straight, then lowers it again
- bench-press — a weightlifting exercise in which one lies supine on a bench and with both hands pushes a barbell or fixed weight upward from chest level to arm's length and then lowers it back to chest level: usually repeated in sets.
- benchership — the position of a bencher at the Inns of Court
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- benthoscope — a deep-sea diving vessel
- benzopyrene — an aromatic hydrocarbon, C20H12, found in coal tar, cigarette smoke, etc. and known to be a cause of cancer in animals
- berkeley fp — (language) A version of Backus's FP distributed with 4.2BSD Unix.
- berry spoon — a small spoon, especially of the late 18th century, having a perforated bowl.
- bethel park — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- bi-partisan — representing, characterized by, or including members from two parties or factions: Government leaders hope to achieve a bipartisan foreign policy.
- bible paper — a thin tough opaque paper used for Bibles, prayer books, and reference books
- bibliograph — to put in a bibliography.
- biblioklept — a person who steals books.
- bibliopegic — relating to bookbinding as a fine art
- bibliophage — an ardent reader; a bookworm.
- bibliophile — a person who collects or is fond of books
- bibliophily — the love of books
- bibliophobe — a person who hates, fears, or distrusts books.
- bibliopolic — relating to bibliopoles
- bicephalous — having two heads
- bicomponent — a fibre composed of two compounds
- bicorporate — having two bodies
- big picture — a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
- bimorphemic — pertaining to two morphemes
- biographize — to write a biography of (someone)
- biomorphism — a painted, drawn, or sculptured free form or design suggestive in shape of a living organism, especially an ameba or protozoan: The paintings of Joan Miró are often notable for their playful, bright-colored biomorphs.
- biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
- bioprinting — the construction of replacement body parts using techniques developed for three-dimensional printing
- bipartition — divided into or consisting of two parts.
- bipectinate — having both margins toothed like a comb, as the antennae of certain moths.
- bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
- bird pepper — a tropical solanaceous plant, Capsicum frutescens, thought to be the ancestor of the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
- bird spider — any large hairy predatory bird-eating spider of the family Aviculariidae, of tropical America
- birthparent — a person's parent related biologically rather than by adoption
- bit pattern — (data) A sequence of bits, in a memory, a communications channel or some other device. The term is used to contrast this with some higher level interpretation of the bits such as an integer or an image. A bit string is similar but suggests an arbitrary, as opposed to predetermined, length.
- bitmap font — a font format in which letters and symbols are stored as a pattern of dots
- bitter pill — a distressing experience or result that is hard to accept (often in the expression a bitter pill to swallow): Being passed over for promotion was a bitter pill to swallow.
- black japan — a black bituminous varnish
- black maple — a tree, Acer saccharum nigrum, of eastern and central North America, having furrowed, blackish bark and yellow-green flowers.
- black perch — a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.
- black power — a social, economic, and political movement of Black people, esp in the US, to obtain equality with White people
- black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
- black stump — a long way off
- blanca peak — highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo range, S Colo.: 14,317 ft (4,364 m)
- blasphemers — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blasphemies — impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).