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

  • broken arrow — a town in NE Oklahoma.
  • broken chord — a chord played as an arpeggio
  • broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
  • broken water — a patch of water whose surface is rippled or choppy, usually surrounded by relatively calm water.
  • broken-check — a check pattern in which the rectangular shapes are slightly irregular.
  • broken-field — of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them
  • brooks range — a mountain range in N Alaska. Highest peak: Mount Isto, 2761 m (9058 ft)
  • brown canker — a fungous disease of roses, characterized by leaf and flower lesions, stem cankers surrounded by a reddish-purple border, and dieback.
  • brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
  • browser skin — a changeable decorative background for a browser
  • burkina faso — an inland republic in W Africa: dominated by Mossi kingdoms (10th–19th centuries); French protectorate established in 1896; became an independent republic in 1960; consists mainly of a flat savanna plateau. Official language: French; Mossi and other African languages also widely spoken. Religion: mostly animist, with a large Muslim minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Ouagadougou. Pop: 17 812 961 (2013 est). Area: 273 200 sq km (105 900 sq miles)
  • carbon black — a black finely divided form of amorphous carbon produced by incomplete combustion of natural gas or petroleum: used to reinforce rubber and in the manufacture of pigments and ink
  • cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
  • combat knife — a large knife for military use
  • control knob — a knob on an electrical or electronic appliance for regulating heat, volume, etc
  • corner brook — a city in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the W part of the island.
  • dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
  • diamondbacks — Plural form of diamondback.
  • donkey derby — a race in which contestants ride donkeys, esp at a rural fête
  • double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
  • engine block — the metal casting containing the piston chambers of an internal combustion engine
  • 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.
  • goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
  • gondola back — a chair or couch back curving forward and downward to form arms.
  • hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
  • 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
  • honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
  • house-broken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
  • inkblot test — any of various psychological tests in which varied patterns formed by blots of ink are interpreted by the subject.
  • 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.
  • jungle books — a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • klein bottle — a one-sided figure consisting of a tapered tube the narrow end of which is bent back, run through the side of the tube, and flared to join the wide end, thereby allowing any two points on the figure to be joined by an unbroken line.
  • 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.
  • knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
  • lake balaton — a large shallow lake in W Hungary. Area: 689 sq km (266 sq miles)
  • longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
  • mental block — inability to recall
  • mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
  • monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
  • monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
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