8-letter words containing a, b, k
- bodanzky — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1877–1939, Austrian opera director and orchestra conductor: in the U.S. after 1915.
- boğazköy — a village in central Asia Minor: site of the ancient Hittite capital
- bonampak — ancient Mayan site in Chiapas, S Mexico: discovered in 1946.
- book bag — a bag or satchel used especially by a student for carrying books.
- bookable — If something such as a theatre seat or plane ticket is bookable, it can be booked in advance.
- bookcase — A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.
- bookland — an area of common land given to a private owner
- bookmark — A bookmark is a narrow piece of card or leather that you put between the pages of a book so that you can find a particular page easily.
- bookrack — a rack for holding books
- bootjack — a device that grips the heel of a boot to enable the foot to be withdrawn easily
- bow back — a chair back formed of a single length of wood bent into a horseshoe form and fitted to a seat or arm rail, with spindles or slats as a filling.
- brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- brakeage — the braking power of a vehicle, esp a train
- brakeman — a crew member of a goods or passenger train. His duties include controlling auxiliary braking power and inspecting the train
- branking — to hold up and toss the head, as a horse when spurning the bit or prancing.
- bratpack — a group of precocious and successful young actors, writers, etc
- break in — If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force.
- break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
- break-in — an illegal entry into a home, car, office, etc.
- breakage — Breakage is the act of breaking something.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- breakoff — an abrupt discontinuance, especially of relations
- breakout — If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
- brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- brinkman — a person who practises brinkmanship
- britpack — a group of young and successful British actors, directors, artists, etc
- bro talk — Māori English
- brockage — a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting.
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- buckbean — a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae
- buckfast — a fortified tonic wine
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- buckrake — a large rake for agricultural use, often attached to a tractor
- buckstay — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- bukharin — Nikolai Ivanovich (nikaˈlaj iˈvanəvitʃ). 1888–1938, Soviet Bolshevik leader: executed in one of Stalin's purges
- bukovina — a region of E central Europe, part of the NE Carpathians: the north was seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and later became part of Ukraine; the south remained Romanian
- bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
- bulkhead — A bulkhead is a wall which divides the inside of a ship or aeroplane into separate sections.
- bunkmate — a person who sleeps in the same quarters as another
- bushwalk — to hike through bushland
- buy-back — A buy-back is a situation in which a company buys shares back from its investors.
- buzkashi — a game played in Afghanistan, in which opposing teams of horsemen strive for possession of the headless carcass of a goat
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- cab rank — an area, often specially designated, where taxis wait to pick up passengers
- callback — A callback is an occasion when you are asked to return for a second interview for a job, or a second audition for a part in a show.
- cambrick — Obsolete form of cambric.
- casebook — A casebook is a written record of the cases dealt with by someone such as a doctor, social worker, or police officer.