13-letter words containing b, a, s, k
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- blanket chest — a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
- blanket sheet — a newspaper of larger than average size, common in the mid 19th century.
- block release — the release of industrial trainees from work for study at a college for several weeks
- blow a gasket — to burst out in anger
- blue grosbeak — a grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea, of the U.S., Mexico, and Central America, the male of which is blue with two rusty bars on each wing.
- break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving
- breakableness — the quality of being breakable
- breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
- breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
- breakfast bar — a counter in a kitchen where people can sit and have breakfast
- breakfast set — a set of plates, bowls, eggcups, etc, specially designed to be used at breakfast
- breaking news — news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
- breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
- breast pocket — The breast pocket of a man's coat or jacket is a pocket, usually on the inside, next to his chest.
- breast stroke — a swimming stroke performed face down in which both arms are extended outward and sideways from a position close to the chest, while the legs engage in a frog kick
- breaststroker — a person who swims breaststroke
- brinksmanship — the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
- business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- calisaya bark — the bark of any of several tropical trees of the rubiaceous genus Cinchona, esp C. calisaya, from which quinine is extracted
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- coaster brake — a brake on a bicycle that engages when the pedals are turned in reverse
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- crayola books — (publication) A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalkers — Plural form of cyberstalker.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- domesday book — a record of a survey of the lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror about 1086, giving ownership, extent, value, etc., of the properties.
- doomsday book — Domesday Book.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- farkleberries — Plural form of farkleberry.
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- fishing banks — a place where fish are abundant, as off Newfoundland
- for sb's sake — When you do something for someone's sake, you do it in order to help them or make them happy.
- hawk-s--beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- heartbreakers — Plural form of heartbreaker.
- horse-breaker — a person who breaks in a horse
- housebreakers — Plural form of housebreaker.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- jesuit's bark — cinchona (def 2).
- kalambo falls — an archaeological site at the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika, on the Zambia-Tanzania border, that has yielded one of the longest continuous cultural sequences in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning more than 100,000 years b.p. and characterized in the earliest levels by evidence of fire use and some simple wooden implements of Lower Paleolithic, or Acheulean, humans.