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17-letter words containing b, a, n, k, o

  • back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
  • background report — a report on someone or something that sheds light on their background, esp a report on the background of a person convicted of a crime before they are sentenced by a judge
  • balance the books — do accounting
  • beefsteak begonia — an ornamental plant, Begonia erythrophylla, having light-pink flowers and nearly round, thick, fleshy leaves that are red on the underside.
  • behind one's back — without one's knowledge; secretly or deceitfully
  • black nationalism — a movement advocating the establishment of a separate black nation within the U.S.
  • black-box testing — functional testing
  • blackboard jungle — a school or school system characterized by lack of discipline and by juvenile delinquency.
  • blackout curtains — thick, lined curtains designed to shut out all daylight and keep a room in complete darkness
  • blank endorsement — an endorsement on a bill of exchange, cheque, etc, naming no payee and thus making the endorsed sum payable to the bearer
  • block association — an association for the residents of a particular block in a neighbourhood to discuss and act on matters of common concern
  • blocking antibody — Immunology. an antibody that partly combines with an antigen and interferes with cell-mediated immunity, thereby preventing an allergic reaction.
  • book depreciation — Book depreciation is depreciation in a company's internal financial records that is different from the amount that is used for taxes.
  • bouncebackability — the ability to recover after a setback, esp in sport
  • break one's heart — to grieve or cause to grieve very deeply, esp through love
  • breakdown service — a service that provides assistance to motorists who break down
  • breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
  • bricks and mortar — You can use bricks and mortar to refer to houses and other buildings, especially when they are considered as an investment.
  • broad-winged hawk — an American hawk, Buteo platypterus, dark brown above and white barred with rufous below.
  • brokerage account — A brokerage account is an account with a broker where an investor can buy and sell and hold securities.
  • brompton cocktail — an analgesic mixture, usually containing morphine and cocaine and sometimes other narcotic substances in an alcohol solution, administered primarily to advanced cancer patients.
  • by the same token — You use by the same token to introduce a statement that you think is true for the same reasons that were given for a previous statement.
  • cardinal grosbeak — any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage
  • double track line — a railway line with double track
  • economic blockade — an embargo on trade with a country, esp one which prohibits receipt of exports from that country, with the intention of disrupting the country's economy
  • get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • goldbeater's skin — the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
  • histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
  • in the background — behind the focus of attention
  • internet backbone — (communications, networking)   High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. The backbones carry Internet traffic around the world and meet at Network Access Points (NAPs). The topology of the "backbone" and its interconnections may once have resembled a spine with ribs connected along its length but is now almost certainly more like a fishing net wrapped around the world with many circular paths.
  • keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
  • keyboard commando — (messaging)   A bulletin board user who posts authoritatively on military or combat topics, but who has never served in uniform or heard a shot fired in anger. A poseur.
  • know only by name — to be familiar with the name of but not know personally
  • knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
  • make noises about — to give indications of one's intentions
  • michigan bankroll — a large roll of paper money in small denominations.
  • monkey bread tree — a bombacaceous tree, Adansonia digitata, native to Africa, that has a very thick trunk, large white flowers, and a gourdlike fruit with an edible pulp called monkey bread
  • mount robson park — a national park in the Rocky Mountains of E British Columbia, Canada.
  • nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
  • never looked back — If you say that someone did something and then never looked back, you mean that they were very successful from that time on.
  • nicholas bourbaki — the pseudonym of a group of mainly French mathematicians that, since 1939, has been producing a monumental work on advanced mathematics, Eléments de Mathématique
  • on someone's back — criticizing or pestering someone
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • otto von bismarck — Otto von [ot-oh von;; German aw-toh fuh n] /ˈɒt oʊ vɒn;; German ˈɔ toʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–98, German statesman: first chancellor of modern German Empire 1871–90.
  • rack one's brains — to strain in mental effort, esp to remember something or to find the solution to a problem
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • shake one's booty — to dance
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
  • take to one's bed — to remain in bed, esp because of illness

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