12-letter words containing a, b, u, k
- culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- duke of alba — Duke of, Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.
- fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
- housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- kit-cat club — a club of Whig wits, painters, politicians, and men of letters, including Robert Walpole, John Vanbrugh, William Congreve, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Godfrey Kneller, that flourished in London between 1703 and 1720.
- kit-kat club — a club of Whig wits, painters, politicians, and men of letters, including Robert Walpole, John Vanbrugh, William Congreve, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Godfrey Kneller, that flourished in London between 1703 and 1720.
- knuckle ball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knuckleballs — Plural form of knuckleball.
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- make-up base — a primer of make-up applied to the face in order to prepare it for the main layer of make-up
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- mount kazbek — an extinct volcano in N Georgia in the central Caucasus Mountains. Height: 5047 m (16 558 ft)
- mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
- peacock blue — a lustrous greenish blue, as of certain peacock feathers.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- quillai bark — soapbark (def 2).
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
- undertakable — able to be undertaken
- unmarketable — readily salable.
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unreckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- unremarkable — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- unremarkably — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- vacuum brake — a brake system, used on British and many overseas railways, in which the brake is held off by a vacuum on one side of the brake-operating cylinder. If the vacuum is destroyed by controlled leakage of air or a disruptive emergency, the brake is applied. It is now largely superseded by the Westinghouse brake system
- watteau back — a loose, full back of a woman's gown, formed by wide box pleats hanging from a high shoulder yoke and extending to the hem in an unbroken line.