12-letter words containing b, i, k, e
- klein bottle — a one-sided figure consisting of a tapered tube the narrow end of which is bent back, run through the side of the tube, and flared to join the wide end, thereby allowing any two points on the figure to be joined by an unbroken line.
- kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
- krafft-ebing — Richard [rich-erd;; German rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪtʃ ərd;; German ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), Baron von, 1840–1902, German neurologist and author of works on sexual pathology.
- law-breaking — Law-breaking is any kind of illegal activity.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- likeableness — Likeability.
- linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
- linking verb — copula (def 2).
- make believe — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
- milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- office block — a large office building.
- ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- on your bike — away you go
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- payback time — Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences.
- pension book — In Britain, a pension book is a small book which is given to pensioners by the government. Each week, one page can be exchanged for money at a Post Office.
- pereira bark — the bark of any of several South American trees belonging to the genus Geissospermum, of the dogbane family, especially that of G. vellosii, used in Brazil to allay fever.
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- receipt book — book containing receipt slips
- ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
- ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- rickenbacker — Edward Vernon ("Eddie") 1890–1973, U.S. aviator and aviation executive.
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- rock climber — sb who scales mountains
- rubik's cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
- service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- ticket booth — kiosk: sells tickets
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
- wakeboarding — (sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, and attached by a cable.
- walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
- wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- windbreakers — Plural form of windbreaker.
- winter break — a period of vacation between semesters of colleges, universities, or other schools and usually including the winter holidays.
- wrecking bar — pinch bar.
- zebulon pike — James Albert, 1913–69, U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.