13-letter words containing a, b, k
- space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
- spark chamber — a device for detecting elementary particles, consisting of a series of charged plates separated by a gas so that the passage of a charged particle causes sparking between adjacent plates.
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
- stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- strikebreaker — a person who takes part in breaking up a strike of workers, either by working or by furnishing workers.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- take by storm — be a sudden success
- take on board — be receptive
- take the bait — If you take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English.
- the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
- the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
- the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
- tillamook bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the NW coast of Oregon: resort center. 6 miles (10 km) long and 2 miles (3 km) wide.
- to break even — When a company or a person running a business breaks even, they make neither a profit nor a loss.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- vandyke beard — a short, pointed beard.
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- wacky tobacky — marijuana.
- winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
- wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
- yekaterinburg — Ekaterinburg.
- yitzhak rabin — Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.