13-letter words containing b, l, o, k
- checkerblooms — Plural form of checkerbloom.
- cheek by jowl — If you say that people or things are cheek by jowl with each other, you are indicating that they are very close to each other.
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- chock-a-block — A place that is chock-a-block is very full of people, things, or vehicles.
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- 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
- crayola books — (publication) A humorous and/or disparaging term for the rainbow series of National Computer Security Center (NCSC) computer security standards. See also Orange Book.
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
- double-booked — to overbook by accepting more than one reservation for the same hotel room, airplane seat, etc.
- double-decker — something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- feedback loop — the path by which some of the output of a circuit, system, or device is returned to the input.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- jebel toubkal — a mountain in SW Morocco: highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. 13,671 feet (4167 meters).
- kalambo falls — an archaeological site at the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika, on the Zambia-Tanzania border, that has yielded one of the longest continuous cultural sequences in sub-Saharan Africa, beginning more than 100,000 years b.p. and characterized in the earliest levels by evidence of fire use and some simple wooden implements of Lower Paleolithic, or Acheulean, humans.
- kettle-bottom — noting a wide, flat-bottomed hull formerly used for merchant sailing vessels.
- knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
- lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
- leading block — lead block.
- locked bowels — constipation.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- mortise block — a block having a shell cut from a single piece of wood.
- national bank — a bank chartered by the U.S. government and formerly authorized to issue notes that served as money.
- necklace bomb — a bomb consisting of linked charges hung around a victim's neck, used by terrorists or in hostage situations
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
- parker bowles — Camilla (née Shand). born 1947, became the second wife of Prince Charles in 2005; created Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Rothesay
- pink bollworm — the larva of a gelechiid moth, Pectinophora gossypiella, that feeds on the seeds of the bolls of cotton and was introduced into cotton-growing regions of the world from Asia.
- pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
- pork-barreler — a politician, especially a senator or member of Congress who is party to or benefits from a pork barrel.
- 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.
- roanoke bells — a wild plant, Mertensia virginica, of the borage family, native to the eastern U.S., grown as a garden plant for its handsome, nodding clusters of blue flowers.
- rock barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- rock climbing — the sport of climbing sheer rocky surfaces on the sides of mountains, often with the aid of special equipment.
- skilled labor — labor that requires special training for its satisfactory performance.
- spelling book — an elementary textbook or manual to teach spelling