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11-letter words containing a, s, k

  • backlisting — Present participle of backlist.
  • backmarkers — Plural form of backmarker.
  • backpackers — Plural form of backpacker.
  • backscatter — the scattering of particles or radiation, such as sound waves, X-rays, or alpha-particles, by the atoms of the medium through which they pass, in the backward direction
  • backscratch — a favour done for someone in return for another
  • backseaters — Plural form of backseater.
  • backside-to — backend-to.
  • backslapped — Simple past tense and past participle of backslap.
  • backslapper — a person who backslaps; a hearty jovial person
  • backslashed — Simple past tense and past participle of backslash.
  • backslashes — Plural form of backslash.
  • backslidden — Past participle of backslide.
  • backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
  • backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
  • backspacing — Present participle of backspace.
  • backstabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of backstab.
  • backstabber — someone who attacks another deceitfully, behind his or her back
  • backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
  • backstopper — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
  • backstreets — Plural form of backstreet.
  • backstretch — the part of a racetrack farthest from the grandstand and opposite and parallel to the homestretch
  • backstroker — a person who swims the backstroke, especially a member of a competitive swimming team who specializes in the backstroke.
  • backstrokes — Plural form of backstroke.
  • backswimmer — an aquatic bug belonging to the family Notonectidae that swims on its back using its back legs as oars
  • backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
  • 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
  • baking dish — a usually ceramic dish in which items can be baked
  • baking soda — Baking soda is the same as bicarbonate of soda.
  • banana skin — The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called a banana skin.
  • barge spike — a square spike with a chisel point.
  • barley sack — a burlap bag.
  • baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
  • bashibazouk — (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
  • 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
  • bikini scar — a horizontal scar on the lower abdomen in the area where a bikini would be worn, usually resulting from a Caesarean section.
  • bird's beak — beak (def 9).
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