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10-letter words containing b, e, a, k

  • disk brake — A disk brake is a brake in which external friction pads press onto a disk, usually by the action of a caliper.
  • dislikable — Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
  • dive brake — a flap deployed from the wings or fuselage of an aircraft, as a dive bomber or sailplane, that increases drag to permit a relatively steep angle of descent without a dangerous buildup in speed.
  • dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
  • dream book — a book, pamphlet, etc., that lists common dreams and purports to interpret them, especially in regard to their meaning for the future.
  • drum brake — a brake system in which a pair of brake shoes can be pressed against the inner surface of a shallow metal drum that is rigidly attached to a wheel.
  • embankment — A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.
  • embarkment — Embarkation; the act of setting out.
  • facebooker — A person using the social networking website Facebook.
  • fast break — a play, as in basketball, in which a team quickly moves down the playing area in an attempt to score before an adequate defense can be set up
  • fast-break — to execute or play in the style of a fast break.
  • feedbacker — One who provides feedback.
  • fiddleback — something shaped like a fiddle.
  • firebreaks — Plural form of firebreak.
  • flakeboard — a form of particle board.
  • flare-back — a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
  • flarebacks — Plural form of flareback.
  • flat broke — having no money
  • foot brake — a brake that is operated by pressure on a foot pedal, as in an automobile.
  • force back — If you force back an emotion or desire, you manage, with an effort, not to experience it.
  • gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
  • grade book — a book in which a student's grades are recorded
  • greenbacks — Plural form of greenback.
  • grubstaked — Simple past tense and past participle of grubstake.
  • grubstaker — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
  • grubstakes — Plural form of grubstake.
  • gulbenkian — Calouste Sarkis (kæˈluːst ˈsɑːkɪz). 1869–1955, British industrialist, born in Turkey. He endowed the international Gulbenkian Foundation for the advancement of the arts, science, and education
  • hackleback — shovelnose sturgeon.
  • half-baked — insufficiently cooked.
  • hand brake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
  • handbasket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
  • handbrakes — Plural form of handbrake.
  • hardbacked — (of a book) Having a solid binding; hardback.
  • heart back — a chair back having a form resembling that of a somewhat heart-shaped medieval shield.
  • heartbreak — great sorrow, grief, or anguish.
  • heartbroke — heartbroken
  • hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
  • home-baked — baked at home; home-made
  • housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
  • icebreaker — Nautical. a ship specially built for breaking navigable passages through ice.
  • inbreaking — The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
  • jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
  • jack bennyJack (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894–1974, U.S. comedian.
  • jackbooted — wearing jackboots.
  • jailbreaks — Plural form of jailbreak.
  • jailbroken — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
  • jawbreaker — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
  • job market — the total number of vacant jobs open to those seeking employment.
  • kabalevsky — Dmitri [duh-mee-tree;; Russian dmyee-tryee] /dəˈmi tri;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi/ (Show IPA), 1904–1987, Russian composer.
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