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9-letter words containing b, o, k, c, l

  • deck bolt — a flat-headed bolt for fastening down deck planking.
  • fly block — (in a Spanish burton or the like) a block, supported by a runner, through which the hauling part of the fall is rove.
  • gin block — a block having a large sheave in an open metal frame, used especially to support a cargo whip.
  • goldbrick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
  • hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
  • holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
  • ice block — a flavoured frozen water ice: in Australia and New Zealand, sometimes on a stick
  • katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
  • knob lock — a lock having a spring bolt moved by a knob or knobs, and a dead bolt moved by a key.
  • lockboxes — Plural form of lockbox.
  • lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
  • look back — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
  • monoblock — Alternative spelling of monobloc.
  • non-black — a person who is not of a Black race
  • nonblacks — Plural form of nonblack.
  • plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
  • roadblock — 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 bolt — a steel or fiberglass bolt inserted and anchored in a hole drilled in rock to prevent caving of the roof of a tunnel or subterranean chamber.
  • roll back — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
  • shoeblack — bootblack.
  • sun block — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
  • unblocked — to obstruct (someone or something) by placing obstacles in the way (sometimes followed by up): to block one's exit; to block up a passage.
  • woodblock — a block of wood engraved in relief, for printing from; woodcut.
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