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12-letter words containing b, a, c, k, e

  • black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
  • black grouse — a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail
  • black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
  • black letter — a kind of heavy-faced, ornamental printing type
  • black market — If something is bought or sold on the black market, it is bought or sold illegally.
  • black medick — a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods
  • black papers — unofficial papers criticizing government policy
  • black pepper — Black pepper is pepper which is dark in colour and has been made from the dried berries of the pepper plant, including their black outer cases.
  • black pewter — pewter composed of 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead.
  • black plague — Great Plague.
  • black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
  • black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
  • black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
  • black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
  • black spruce — a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles
  • black stream — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.
  • black sucker — a hog sucker, Hypentelium nigricans, of eastern U.S. streams.
  • black tongue — canine pellagra.
  • black velvet — a mixture of stout and champagne in equal proportions
  • black wattle — a small Australian acacia tree, A. mearnsii, with yellow flowers
  • black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
  • black-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space.
  • black-market — to black-marketeer.
  • blackhearted — wicked; evil
  • bladderwrack — any of several seaweeds of the genera Fucus and Ascophyllum, esp F. vesiculosus, that grow in the intertidal regions of rocky shores and have branched brown fronds with air bladders
  • blank cheque — If someone is given a blank cheque, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
  • blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
  • block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
  • bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
  • book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder
  • bracket foot — a corner foot of a chest or the like joining the sides in a concave line.
  • bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
  • bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
  • brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
  • breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
  • breaker card — the first card in the carding process, used to open the raw stock and to convert it into sliver form.
  • brown canker — a fungous disease of roses, characterized by leaf and flower lesions, stem cankers surrounded by a reddish-purple border, and dieback.
  • brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
  • buck private — a common soldier
  • bucket about — (esp of a boat in a storm) to toss or shake violently
  • bulk carrier — a ship that carries unpackaged cargo, usually consisting of a single dry commodity, such as coal or grain
  • cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • caked breast — a painful hardening of one or more lobules of a lactating breast, caused by stagnation of milk in the secreting ducts and accumulation of blood in the expanded veins; stagnation mastitis.
  • career break — If someone takes a career break, they stop working in their particular profession for a period of time, with the intention of returning to it later.
  • carrick bend — type of knot
  • central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
  • channel back — an upholstered chair or sofa back having deep vertical grooves.
  • chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
  • checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.
  • coffee break — A coffee break is a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
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