13-letter words containing a, b, k, n
- cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
- channel black — the soot of a natural gas flame, used in paints; fine carbon.
- cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- cockney bream — a young snapper fish
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- finback whale — rorqual
- fishing banks — a place where fish are abundant, as off Newfoundland
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- internet bank — a bank that allows customers to conduct business online, esp exclusively so
- jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- know by heart — have memorized
- knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
- knuckleballer — a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckle balls.
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
- leading block — lead block.
- mackinaw boat — a flat-bottomed boat with sharp prow and square stern, propelled by oars and sometimes sails, formerly widely used on the upper Great Lakes.
- make no bones — If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret.
- merchant bank — a private banking firm engaged chiefly in investing in new issues of securities and in accepting bills of exchange in foreign trade.
- mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- national bank — a bank chartered by the U.S. government and formerly authorized to issue notes that served as money.
- necklace bomb — a bomb consisting of linked charges hung around a victim's neck, used by terrorists or in hostage situations
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- on one's back — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- overrun brake — a brake fitted to a trailer or other towed vehicle that prevents the towed vehicle travelling faster than the towing vehicle when slowing down or descending an incline
- pannikin boss — an overseer of a small group of workers; person with minor authority.
- parking brake — emergency brake.
- parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors