11-letter words containing b, e, l, k
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lobsterback — redcoat.
- lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- makebelieve — Alternative form of make-believe.
- marble cake — a cake given a streaked, marblelike appearance by the incomplete mixing of dark, especially chocolate, and light batters.
- masked ball — a ball at which masks are worn.
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- milk bottle — a glass bottle in which milk is sold, esp when it is distributed by a milkman
- mitre block — a block of wood with slots for cutting mitre joints with a saw
- mobuto lake — Lake Albert.
- needle book — something used for keeping sewing needles in. It is made of fabric and looks like a book
- nerve block — an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection of an anesthetic into or around the nerve.
- nickel belt — the area around Sudbury in Northern Ontario, rich in nickel ore
- nonsinkable — (of items designed to float on water) not liable to sink
- numbskulled — (informal) stupid.
- overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
- penny black — the first adhesive postage stamp, issued in Britain in 1840; an imperforate stamp bearing the profile of Queen Victoria on a dark background
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- plate block — a block of four or more stamps containing the number or numbers of the printing plate or plates in the margin of the sheet.
- pork barrel — a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- puzzle book — a book of games or questions presenting problems that require skill or ingenuity for their solution
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- rebukefully — in a rebukeful manner
- rib-tickler — very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
- rock blenny — a prickleback, Xiphister mucosus, of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska.
- sabine lake — a shallow lake on the boundary between Texas and Louisiana, formed by a widening of the Sabine River. About 17 miles (27 km) long; 7 miles (11 km) wide.
- saddle back — any of various animals having markings on the back that resemble a saddle, as a male harp seal.
- sample book — a number of pieces of fabric, wallpaper, etc fastened together at one edge, for people to examine when trying to choose which example to buy
- sealed book — something beyond understanding and therefore unknown.
- shacklebone — the wrist
- shovel beak — a deformity of the beak in intensively reared chicks
- silver book — (publication) Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- slack-baked — improperly baked.
- slate black — a slightly purplish black.
- slop bucket — slop pail.
- snack table — a small portable folding table used for an individual serving.
- snakeblenny — any of several pricklebacks of the genus Lumpenus.
- stickleback — any of the small, pugnacious, spiny-backed fishes of the family Gasterosteidae, inhabiting northern fresh waters and sea inlets, the male of which builds and guards the nest.
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- table stake — a stake that a player places on the table at the beginning of a game that may not be changed once the deal begins.