13-letter words containing b, i, k, n, c
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- coloring book — A coloring book is a book of simple drawings which children can color in.
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- finback whale — rorqual
- jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
- kerb-crawling — Kerb-crawling is the activity of driving slowly along the side of a road in order to find and hire a prostitute.
- knickerbocker — a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
- knobcone pine — a pine, Pinus attenuata, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., bearing cones with knoblike scales.
- leading block — lead block.
- mackinaw boat — a flat-bottomed boat with sharp prow and square stern, propelled by oars and sometimes sails, formerly widely used on the upper Great Lakes.
- new brunswick — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- road-blocking — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- rock climbing — the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.
- rubbernecking — staring or gaping inquisitively, esp in a naive or foolish manner
- stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- symbolic link — (file format) (SYLK) A Microsoft file format for spreadsheets, (not to be confused with symbolic link). SYLK format existed in one form or another in as early as 1987, and was part of Excel v1.0. It is is an outgrowth of VisiCalc DIF file format. SYLK format is ascii text and represents information about both formula, value, and some formatting information, which makes it something like an RTF for spreadsheets. It is used as a general tabular data exchange format.
- thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- wrecking ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.