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14-letter words containing b, r, a, s, k

  • naval barracks — a place where people in the Navy live
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
  • remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • salary bracket — a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
  • screen blanker — screen saver
  • sergeant baker — a large brightly-coloured fish of the genus Latropiscis, found in temperate reef waters of Australasia
  • sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
  • shock absorber — a device for damping sudden and rapid motion, as the recoil of a spring-mounted object from shock.
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • square bracket — bracket (def 3).
  • 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.
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • steamer basket — a gift basket of fruit, sweets, and the like, often including champagne, sent to a person departing on a trip, especially by ship.
  • stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
  • strike-breaker — A strike-breaker is a person who continues to work during a strike, or someone who takes over the work of a person who is on strike.
  • strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
  • take liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
  • 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.
  • umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
  • universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
  • wrecker's ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
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