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11-letter words containing a, b, r, o, k

  • prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
  • rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
  • raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
  • ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
  • report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
  • rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
  • rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
  • roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
  • shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
  • shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
  • smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
  • tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, especially an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America.
  • to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
  • travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
  • unrevokable — that may be revoked.
  • wakeboarder — someone who rides a wakeboard
  • wizard book — (publication)   Hal Abelson, Gerald Sussman and Julie Sussman's "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.
  • wokka board — a piece of fibreboard used as a musical instrument
  • work basket — a basket for holding sewing equipment
  • workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
  • workbaskets — Plural form of workbasket.
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