11-letter words containing b, e, k, a
- black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
- black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
- black maple — a tree, Acer saccharum nigrum, of eastern and central North America, having furrowed, blackish bark and yellow-green flowers.
- black medic — a widespread weedy annual plant (Medicago lupulina) of the pea family, with small yellow flowers and black seed pods, sometimes grown for forage
- black metal — a type of heavy-metal music characterized by extremely nihilistic and satanic lyrics, a repetitive drum beat rapidly alternating betweeen the snare and bass drum (a blast beat), and the ghoulish make-up worn by performers (corpse paint)
- black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
- black olive — a tropical American tree, Bucida buceras, having leathery leaves and greenish-yellow flowers.
- black perch — a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.
- black power — a social, economic, and political movement of Black people, esp in the US, to obtain equality with White people
- black racer — blacksnake (def 1).
- black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
- black water — household waste water that cannot be reused without purification
- black whale — a black, dolphinlike whale, Globicephala melaena, of the North Atlantic.
- blackballed — to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).
- blackbeetle — oriental cockroach.
- blackbirder — a person or vessel involved in the capture and transportation of slaves
- blackfellow — Australian Aborigine
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- blacklister — someone who blacklists
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- bladderlike — resembling a bladder
- blanca peak — highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo range, S Colo.: 14,317 ft (4,364 m)
- blank check — If someone is given a blank check, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
- blank shell — a shotgun shell containing powder but no shot.
- blank slate — tabula rasa.
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- blanket bog — a very acid peat bog, low in nutrients, extending widely over a flat terrain, found in cold wet climates
- blanketlike — resembling a blanket
- blanketweed — a type of filamentous pond algae
- bleak house — a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.
- blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
- block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- blood-caked — caked with blood
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- board check — a body check in which the opponent is thrown against the wooden wall enclosing the rink. Compare check1 (def 37).
- body packer — a smuggler of illegal drugs, especially one who swallows bags containing them.
- body-packer — a person who smuggles illicit drugs in balloons, condoms, or similar plastic bags which have either been swallowed or inserted in the rectum or vagina
- boilermaker — a person who works with metal in heavy industry; plater or welder
- bokmakierie — a large yellow shrike, Telephorus zeylonus, of southern Africa, known for its melodious song
- bond market — the market in which bonds are traded
- bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- book jacket — a removable paper cover used to protect a bound book
- bottle bank — A bottle bank is a large container into which people can put empty bottles so that the glass can be used again.
- bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
- bottle-jack — a large jack used for heavy lifts
- bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
- bracket saw — a handsaw for cutting curved forms.