14-letter words containing a, b, m, p
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
- plumber's mate — a person who helps a plumber do his or her job
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- prandtl number — the ratio of the fluid viscosity to the thermal conductivity of a substance, a low number indicating high convection.
- 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.
- probabiliorism — the theory that in the case of doubt one should choose the action most likely to be right
- pseudomembrane — a tough outer layer found on the surface of the mucous membrane or skin
- public company — a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.
- purbeck marble — a fossil-rich limestone that takes a high polish: used for building, etc
- reprogrammable — capable of being programmed.
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- semi-permeable — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- semipolar bond — type of chemical bond
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- umbrella plant — an African plant, Cyperus alternifolius, of the sedge family, that has several stems growing directly upward from a mass of roots and an umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves at the top of each stem.
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed
- unpremeditable — capable of being premeditated
- unprogrammable — not able to be programmed