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12-letter words containing b, o, a, k

  • double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
  • drop a brick — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
  • duke of alba — Duke of, Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.
  • facebook.com — (web)   One of the most popular social networking websites.
  • fall back on — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
  • georges bank — a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.
  • go walkabout — to wander through the bush
  • gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
  • hack to bits — to damage severely
  • hark back to — recall: earlier era
  • hkakabo razi — the highest peak in Myanmar, in Kachin state, in the N. 19,294 feet (5881 meters).
  • home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
  • horsebreaker — One who trains, or breaks in, horses.
  • housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
  • jodrell bank — site of a radio astronomy observatory (Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories) in NE Cheshire, England, that operates a 250-foot (76-meter) radio telescope.
  • k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
  • keep tabs on — a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
  • keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
  • kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
  • kite balloon — a barrage balloon intended for use in information-gathering and observation; it is usually tethered to the ground and has lobes to keep it stable and pointing into the wind
  • kiteboarding — A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
  • know by name — to have heard of without having met
  • knowableness — the quality of being knowable
  • knowledgable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • labor market — the available supply of labor considered with reference to the demand for it.
  • lake balaton — a large shallow lake in W Hungary. Area: 689 sq km (266 sq miles)
  • leader block — Nautical. lead block.
  • library book — a book owned by a library
  • longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
  • mental block — inability to recall
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
  • monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
  • moses basket — wicker bed for a baby
  • mount kazbek — an extinct volcano in N Georgia in the central Caucasus Mountains. Height: 5047 m (16 558 ft)
  • mountebanked — Simple past tense and past participle of mountebank.
  • new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
  • nonbreakable — Not easily broken.
  • pattern book — collection of textile motifs or designs
  • peacock blue — a lustrous greenish blue, as of certain peacock feathers.
  • reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
  • 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.
  • rock wallaby — any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.
  • saddle block — a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks, inner sides of the thighs, and perineum
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
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