13-letter words containing a, i, k, e
- black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
- black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
- book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
- booking agent — an agent who makes bookings, as reservations for travel or the theater or engagements for performers, for clients.
- boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
- brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
- braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
- branch rickey — (Wesley) Branch, 1881–1965, U.S. baseball executive.
- break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
- break feeding — the feeding of animals on paddocks where feeding space is controlled by the frequent movement of an electric fence
- break it down — stop it
- break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving
- break the ice — to relieve shyness or reserve, esp between strangers
- breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
- breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
- breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
- breaking news — news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
- business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
- cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
- caesium clock — a type of atomic clock that uses the frequency of radiation absorbed in changing the spin of electrons in caesium atoms
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- camel cricket — cave cricket.
- candidate key — (database) One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key.
- candlewicking — a kind of embroidery used for a bedspread, tablecloth, or pillow cover, patterned with French knots of candlewick embroidery thread or yarn
- caribbee bark — the bark of any of various tropical American and Caribbean rubiaceous trees of the genus Exostema, used as a substitute for cinchona bark
- carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
- carrickfergus — a town in E Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus district, Co Antrim; historic settlement of Scottish Protestants on Belfast Lough; Norman castle. Pop: 27 201 (2001)
- carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
- cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
- caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
- chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
- checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
- chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
- chicken adder — milk snake.
- chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
- chicken snake — rat snake
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- cicada killer — a black or rust-colored digger wasp, Sphecius speciosis, with a yellow-banded abdomen, that preys on cicadas.
- citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- clicketyclack — a rhythmic, metallic sound, as that made by the wheels of a moving train
- cock-a-leekie — a soup made by boiling chicken with leeks