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

  • bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
  • boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
  • braking power — the ability of a braking system to cause a vehicle to come to a halt
  • break it down — stop it
  • bring to book — to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct
  • broken-winded — suffering from heaves
  • brokenhearted — Someone who is brokenhearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
  • brooklyn park — city in SE Minn.: suburb of Minneapolis: pop. 67,000
  • brown hickory — a North American hickory tree, Carya glabra
  • bunko steerer — a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
  • buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
  • chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
  • cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
  • cockney bream — a young snapper fish
  • 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
  • double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
  • double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
  • drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
  • honest broker — a neutral person or organization that mediates disputes; an impartial mediator.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
  • in one's book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
  • john sobieski — John, John III (def 2).
  • judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
  • keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
  • kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
  • king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
  • knickerbocker — a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
  • knobcone pine — a pine, Pinus attenuata, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., bearing cones with knoblike scales.
  • know by heart — have memorized
  • know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
  • mackinaw boat — a flat-bottomed boat with sharp prow and square stern, propelled by oars and sometimes sails, formerly widely used on the upper Great Lakes.
  • make no bones — If you make no bones about something, you talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret.
  • monkey bridge — flying bridge.
  • mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
  • mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
  • mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
  • 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
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