10-letter words containing a, k, e, n
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- beanie key — feature key
- beanstalks — Plural form of beanstalk.
- bell crank — a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction
- belly tank — a fuel tank in the belly of a plane
- bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
- berkeleian — denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
- birkenhead — a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)
- black bean — an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture
- black tern — a small tern with a black head and body, Chlidonias niger, found on all continents except Australasia
- blacksnake — any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake)
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blank tape — magnetic tape that has no recorded sound or image, as an unused or erased tape.
- blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- bone black — a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
- brass neck — effrontery; nerve
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- break even — to attain a level of activity, as in commerce, or a point of operation, as in gambling, at which there is neither profit nor loss
- break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
- break wind — to emit wind from the anus
- break-even — having income exactly equal to expenditure, thus showing neither profit nor loss.
- breakdance — to perform break dancing.
- breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
- breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
- brookhaven — a town in SW Mississippi.
- buck naked — Someone who is buck naked is not wearing any clothes at all.
- buena park — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 78,000
- bull snake — any burrowing North American nonvenomous colubrid snake of the genus Pituophis, typically having yellow and brown markings
- bundesbank — the central bank of Germany
- butt-naked — completely naked
- cabin deck — the deck above the weather deck in the bridge house of a ship.
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- cackhanded — left-handed
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- canebrakes — Plural form of canebrake.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cankerroot — goldthread.
- cankerworm — the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- case knife — sheath knife
- catskinner — an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back