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11-letter words containing a, s, k, e

  • badderlocks — a seaweed, Alaria esculenta, that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe
  • bake-wares' — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
  • baked beans — Baked beans are dried beans cooked in tomato sauce in Britain or cooked with salt pork in North America. Baked beans are usually sold in cans.
  • bakersfield — city in SC Calif.: pop. 247,000
  • barge spike — a square spike with a chisel point.
  • barley sack — a burlap bag.
  • basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
  • baskerville — a style of type
  • basket case — If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state.
  • basket fern — a small, compact fern, Nephrolepis pectinata, of tropical America, often grown in hanging baskets.
  • basket fish — basket star.
  • basket hilt — a hilt fitted to a broadsword, with a generally padded basket-shaped guard to protect the hand
  • basket star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, especially of the genus Gorgonocephalus, having long, slender, branching arms.
  • basket-star — any of several echinoderms of the genus Gorgonocephalus, in which long slender arms radiate from a central disc: order Ophiuroidea (brittle-stars)
  • basketballs — Plural form of basketball.
  • basketmaker — A person who makes baskets.
  • basketweave — a weave of two or more yarns together, resembling that of a basket, esp in wool or linen fabric
  • beaky-nosed — having a nose that is large, pointed, or hooked
  • bird's beak — beak (def 9).
  • black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
  • black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
  • blacklister — someone who blacklists
  • blank shell — a shotgun shell containing powder but no shot.
  • blank slate — tabula rasa.
  • blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
  • bleak house — a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.
  • blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
  • blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
  • bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
  • bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
  • bracket saw — a handsaw for cutting curved forms.
  • brake servo — The brake servo is a device for increasing the pressure of the driver's foot on the brake pedal.
  • bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
  • brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
  • breadbasket — a basket for carrying bread or rolls
  • breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
  • break loose — to free oneself by force
  • break ranks — to fall out of line, esp when under attack
  • breakfasted — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
  • breast milk — Breast milk is the white liquid produced by women to breast-feed their babies.
  • breastworks — a defensive work, usually breast high.
  • brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
  • brown snake — any of various common venomous snakes of the genus Pseudonaja
  • brush maker — a manufacturer or crafter of brushes
  • buck passer — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
  • buck-passer — a person who regularly seeks to shift blame or responsibility to someone else
  • bucket seat — A bucket seat is a seat for one person in a car or aeroplane which has rounded sides that partly enclose and support the body.
  • bush jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
  • bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
  • candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
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