11-letter words containing b, i, k, e
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- overbooking — Present participle of overbook.
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.
- pickup tube — camera tube.
- price break — a reduction in price, esp for bulk purchase
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- recipe book — a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes
- rib-tickler — very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
- ribbed-knit — rib-knit (def 2).
- rock-ribbed — having ribs or ridges of rock: the rock-ribbed coast of Maine.
- 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.
- ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
- shish kebab — meat on skewer
- shish-kebab — to broil or roast food on a skewer.
- 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.
- skinner box — a box used in experiments in animal learning, especially in operant conditioning, equipped with a mechanism that automatically gives the animal food or other reward or permits escape, as by opening a door.
- 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.
- strike back — retaliate
- strike dumb — to amaze; astound; astonish
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- telebanking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services by means of a computer network
- textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
- tickety-boo — fine; OK.
- tie-breaker — competition: sth that resolves a draw
- undrinkable — suitable for drinking.
- unthinkable — inconceivable; unimaginable: the unthinkable size of the universe.
- visbreaking — Visbreaking is thermal cracking, when the vacuum residue is less viscous and it can then be used to produce valuable products.
- walk-behind — being a motor-driven machine, as a power lawn mower or a snowblower, designed for operation with the operator walking behind and guiding the machine by its handle controls.
- wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
- windbreaker — A wind -resistant jacket with a close-fitting neck, waistband, and cuffs.
- wine bucket — A wine bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of wine in and keep the wine cool.
- working bee — a voluntary group doing a job for charity
- zombie bank — a bank that has liabilities exceeding its assets but continues to operate through government support: These zombie banks are unable or unwilling to lend out money.