14-letter words containing b, o, k, t, e
- on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
- pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
- pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- takeout double — informatory double.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- telephone book — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
- ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
- the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
- the joe blakes — the DT's
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- to break cover — If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
- to break ranks — If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
- to know better — If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
- wardrobe trunk — a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.
- write the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.