10-letter words containing a, b, k, h
- book share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
- borah peak — a mountain in central Idaho, in the Lost River Range: highest peak in Idaho. 12,662 feet (3861 meters).
- brahmaloka — the highest part of Kamaloka, where refined souls exist in blissful contemplation of Brahma.
- brake shoe — the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake
- break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
- brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
- brookhaven — a town in SW Mississippi.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- bull shark — a requiem shark, Carcharhinus leucas, inhabiting shallow waters from North Carolina to Brazil.
- burckhardt — Jacob Christoph. 1818–97, Swiss art and cultural historian; author of The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860)
- burushaski — a language of NW Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
- bushwalker — a person who hikes through bushland
- cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
- chalkboard — A chalkboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Chalkboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
- chargeback — the return of funds by a seller to a buyer's debit or credit card account
- cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
- china bark — cinchona (sense 2)
- choke back — If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- fight back — retaliate
- flash back — If your mind flashes back to something in the past, you remember it or think of it briefly or suddenly.
- flashbacks — Plural form of flashback.
- hack board — Falconry. a board or platform at which hawks being flown at hack are fed.
- hackleback — shovelnose sturgeon.
- half-baked — insufficiently cooked.
- hand brake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- handbasket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
- handbrakes — Plural form of handbrake.
- hardbacked — (of a book) Having a solid binding; hardback.
- hatchbacks — Plural form of hatchback.
- hawksbills — Plural form of hawksbill.
- heart back — a chair back having a form resembling that of a somewhat heart-shaped medieval shield.
- heartbreak — great sorrow, grief, or anguish.
- heartbroke — heartbroken
- hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
- home-baked — baked at home; home-made
- housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- khabarovsk — Formerly Far Eastern Region. a territory of the Russian Federation in NE Asia. 965,400 sq. mi. (2,500,400 sq. km).
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- kota bharu — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- kubla khan — (italics) a poetic fragment (1797) by Coleridge.
- kumbh mela — a Hindu festival held once every twelve years in one of four sacred sites, where bathing for purification from sin is considered especially efficacious
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- matchbooks — Plural form of matchbook.
- mukhabarat — (in Middle Eastern countries) a secret police force