14-letter words containing b, r, o, k
- cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
- crossbolt lock — a lock controlling two bolts moving in opposite directions, as to the top and bottom of a doorframe.
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
- groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- horseshoe back — a bow back having a slight outward splay at its bottom.
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- java black rot — a disease of stored sweet potatoes, characterized by dry rot of and black protuberances on the tubers, caused by a fungus, Diplodia tubericola.
- knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- knobbling roll — a roll for a rolling mill, having a series of regularly shaped projections and depressions on its face.
- know backwards — to understand completely
- lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
- megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
- network number — network address
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
- paperback book — a book with covers made of flexible card, sold relatively cheaply
- payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
- pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
- pembroke pines — a city in SE Florida, near Fort Lauderdale.
- 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.
- ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- record-breaker — A record-breaker is someone or something that beats the previous best result in a sport or other activity.
- red chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
- reference book — a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.