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15-letter words containing b, i, k, e

  • globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
  • ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
  • heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
  • humpback bridge — arched bridge
  • hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
  • in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
  • investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
  • kaibab squirrel — a nearly extinct tree squirrel, Sciurus kaibabensis, found only in a small area north of the Grand Canyon.
  • kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
  • keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
  • kick the bucket — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
  • kitchen cabinet — a cupboard built into a kitchen or a chest of drawers for kitchen use, as for dishes and silverware.
  • knickerbockered — wearing knickers.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • knight banneret — banneret1 (def 2).
  • lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
  • mackinac bridge — a suspension bridge over the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan: one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. 3800-foot (1158-meter) center span; 7400 feet (2256 meters) in total length.
  • make a big deal — If someone makes a big deal out of something, they make a fuss about it or treat it as if it were very important.
  • make a habit of — If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
  • marriage broker — a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
  • mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • milkweed beetle — any of several small red, black-spotted elongated beetles of the genus Tetraopes, common in eastern North America, that inhabit the milkweed.
  • monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
  • new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
  • nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
  • novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
  • pick up the tab — If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something.
  • pickaback plane — a powered airplane designed to be carried aloft by another airplane and released in flight.
  • pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
  • prairie breaker — breaker1 (def 6).
  • public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
  • record-breaking — top, most successful
  • red-back spider — a venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, of Australia and New Zealand, related to the black widow spider and having a bright red stripe on the back.
  • rib-eye (steak) — a beefsteak cut from the rib section, with the bone removed
  • riverbank grape — a high-climbing vine, Vitis riparia, of eastern North America, having fragrant flowers and nearly black fruit.
  • runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
  • salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
  • sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
  • shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
  • sibylline books — (in ancient Rome) a collection of prophetic sayings, supposedly bought from the Cumaean sibyl, bearing upon Roman policy and religion
  • sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
  • skimble-scamble — rambling; confused; nonsensical: a skimble-scamble explanation.
  • spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
  • spiral notebook — a notebook held together by a coil of wire passed through small holes punched at the back edge of the covers and individual pages
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • tamarisk gerbil — gerbil (def 2).
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