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12-letter words containing b, e, r, k, l

  • brake lining — a curved thin strip of an asbestos composition riveted to a brake shoe to provide it with a renewable surface
  • break a leg! — good luck!
  • breeze block — a cinder block.
  • breeze-block — A breeze-block is a large, grey brick made from ashes and cement.
  • brickfielder — a hot wind in parts of Australia, originally applied to a wind which blew over Sydney carrying dust from the neighbouring Brickfields sand hills
  • broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
  • brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
  • buckle under — If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it.
  • buckler fern — any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris, such as D. dilatata (broad buckler fern): family Polypodiaceae
  • bulk carrier — a ship that carries unpackaged cargo, usually consisting of a single dry commodity, such as coal or grain
  • central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
  • checkerbloom — a Californian malvaceous plant, Sidalcea malvaeflora, with pink or purple flowers
  • cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
  • cock lobster — a male lobster
  • cricket ball — the ball used to play cricket
  • culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
  • cyberstalker — (Internet) A stalker who operates online.
  • dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
  • double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
  • double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
  • doubledecker — Alternative spelling of double-decker.
  • fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
  • floor broker — a member of a stock or commodity exchange who executes orders on the floor of the exchange for other brokers.
  • hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
  • jailbreaking — Present participle of jailbreak.
  • jodrell bank — site of a radio astronomy observatory (Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories) in NE Cheshire, England, that operates a 250-foot (76-meter) radio telescope.
  • kerb-crawler — a man who drives slowly looking to entice a prostitute into his car for sexual purposes
  • labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
  • lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
  • law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
  • lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
  • leader block — Nautical. lead block.
  • leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
  • left bracket — (character)   "[". ASCII character 91. Common: left square bracket; ITU-T: opening bracket; bracket. Rare: square; INTERCAL: U turn. Paired with right bracket ("]").
  • linking verb — copula (def 2).
  • lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • nonbreakable — Not easily broken.
  • rock climber — sb who scales mountains
  • rock lobster — spiny lobster.
  • rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
  • straddleback — astride, on horseback
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
  • undertakable — able to be undertaken
  • unmarketable — readily salable.
  • unreckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • unremarkable — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
  • unremarkably — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
  • unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
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