11-letter words containing a, k, d
- before dark — If you do something before dark, you do it before the sun sets and night begins.
- biofeedback — a technique for teaching the control of autonomic functions, such as the rate of heartbeat or breathing, by recording the activity and presenting it (usually visually) so that the person can know the state of the autonomic function he or she is learning to control
- bird's beak — beak (def 9).
- black alder — a deciduous shrub (Ilex verticillata) of the holly family, native to E North America, with glossy leaves that turn black in the fall and bright-red berries
- black bread — a kind of very dark coarse rye bread
- black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
- black dwarf — a cold, dark dwarf star
- black goods — electronic goods which are housed in black or dark casings, such as televisions, CD players, etc
- black medic — a widespread weedy annual plant (Medicago lupulina) of the pea family, with small yellow flowers and black seed pods, sometimes grown for forage
- black widow — an American spider, Latrodectus mactans, the female of which is black with red markings, highly venomous, and commonly eats its mate
- blackballed — to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).
- blackbirder — a person or vessel involved in the capture and transportation of slaves
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- bladderlike — resembling a bladder
- blanketweed — a type of filamentous pond algae
- blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- blood-caked — caked with blood
- board check — a body check in which the opponent is thrown against the wooden wall enclosing the rink. Compare check1 (def 37).
- body packer — a smuggler of illegal drugs, especially one who swallows bags containing them.
- body-packer — a person who smuggles illicit drugs in balloons, condoms, or similar plastic bags which have either been swallowed or inserted in the rectum or vagina
- bombay duck — a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried with curry dishes as a savoury
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
- brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
- brake pedal — (in a vehicle) a pedal that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
- bread knife — a knife designed or suitable for slicing bread, as one having a wavy or saw-toothed blade.
- breadbasket — a basket for carrying bread or rolls
- breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
- break bread — to eat a meal, esp with others
- break dance — an acrobatic dance style originating in the 1980s
- breakdancer — a person who does breakdancing
- breakfasted — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- bucket-load — a large quantity
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
- cack-handed — If you describe someone as cack-handed, you mean that they handle things in an awkward or clumsy way.
- candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
- candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
- canvas duck — a lightweight cotton or linen fabric.
- capped hock — any swelling, inflammatory or otherwise, on the point of the hock of horses.
- chalkboards — Plural form of chalkboard.
- checkmarked — to indicate by a check mark.
- chickabiddy — a term of endearment, esp for a child
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chucklehead — a stupid person; blockhead; dolt
- click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
- clock radio — a radio combined with an alarm clock in a compact cabinet, the clock serving as a timer to turn the radio on or off at a preset time.
- clock-radio — a device combining the functions of a radio and alarm clock which can be used to play the radio at a set time
- codebreaker — A person who solves a code or codes.