10-letter words containing a, b, k
- dive brake — a flap deployed from the wings or fuselage of an aircraft, as a dive bomber or sailplane, that increases drag to permit a relatively steep angle of descent without a dangerous buildup in speed.
- diyarbakir — a city in SE Turkey in Asia, on the Tigris River.
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- dream book — a book, pamphlet, etc., that lists common dreams and purports to interpret them, especially in regard to their meaning for the future.
- drop black — carbon, as animal black or lampblack, formed into pellets by mixing with water or glue: used as a black pigment.
- drum brake — a brake system in which a pair of brake shoes can be pressed against the inner surface of a shallow metal drum that is rigidly attached to a wheel.
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- embankment — A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.
- embarkment — Embarkation; the act of setting out.
- fabricking — the action of building or constructing
- facebooker — A person using the social networking website Facebook.
- fast break — a play, as in basketball, in which a team quickly moves down the playing area in an attempt to score before an adequate defense can be set up
- fast-break — to execute or play in the style of a fast break.
- feedbacker — One who provides feedback.
- fiddleback — something shaped like a fiddle.
- fight back — retaliate
- firebreaks — Plural form of firebreak.
- flakeboard — a form of particle board.
- flare-back — a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
- flarebacks — Plural form of flareback.
- 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.
- flat broke — having no money
- foot brake — a brake that is operated by pressure on a foot pedal, as in an automobile.
- force back — If you force back an emotion or desire, you manage, with an effort, not to experience it.
- fuck about — to act in a stupid or aimless manner
- go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- go back to — revert
- gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- grade book — a book in which a student's grades are recorded
- greenbacks — Plural form of greenback.
- grubstaked — Simple past tense and past participle of grubstake.
- grubstaker — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- grubstakes — Plural form of grubstake.
- gulbenkian — Calouste Sarkis (kæˈluːst ˈsɑːkɪz). 1869–1955, British industrialist, born in Turkey. He endowed the international Gulbenkian Foundation for the advancement of the arts, science, and education
- 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