10-letter words containing a, k, i
- black iris — a painting (1926) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
- black kite — a bird of prey, Milvus migrans, found in much of Eurasia
- black list — a list of persons under suspicion, disfavor, censure, etc.: His record as an anarchist put him on the government's blacklist.
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- black site — a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government
- black taxi — a minibus used to transport workers from the townships to the city centres
- black titi — See under titi2 .
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
- blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- blastodisk — germinal disk
- bookmaking — Bookmaking is the activity of taking people's money when they bet and paying them money if they win.
- bootmaking — the activity of making boots and shoes
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- bradykinin — a peptide in blood plasma that dilates blood vessels and causes contraction of smooth muscles. Formula: C50H73N15O11
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
- break wind — to emit wind from the anus
- break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
- breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
- brick wall — a wall made out of brick
- brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
- bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
- brickmaker — a person who makes bricks
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bring back — Something that brings back a memory makes you think about it.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- burushaski — a language of NW Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
- by mistake — accidentally, not on purpose
- cabin deck — the deck above the weather deck in the bridge house of a ship.
- cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- caipiroska — a cocktail drink containing vodka, lime juice, sugar, and crushed ice, based on the Caipirinha cocktail but with vodka replacing the Brazilian rum-like spirit Cachaça
- calicoback — harlequin bug
- 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
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- card trick — an illusory feat performed with playing cards
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- carjacking — A carjacking is an attack on a person who is driving their own car during which things may be stolen or they may be harmed physically.
- case knife — sheath knife
- castlelike — a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- catskinner — an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
- catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
- chaikovski — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- chain-link — designating a fence made of galvanized steel links that are continuously interwoven
- chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.