12-letter words containing b, s, k
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- kiss goodbye — to kiss in taking leave
- kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
- knowableness — the quality of being knowable
- knuckleballs — Plural form of knuckleball.
- knucklebones — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- lawbreakings — Plural form of lawbreaking.
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- likeableness — Likeability.
- linen basket — a basket or container with a lid in which you put your dirty clothes before washing them
- make sb sick — disgust sb morally
- make-up base — a primer of make-up applied to the face in order to prepare it for the main layer of make-up
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- marketbasket — a selected list of goods and services, usually food and household items regarded as typifying consumer spending over a given time, used to measure the cost of living
- master baker — a baker who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- moses basket — wicker bed for a baby
- on the books — registered
- paki-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked physical assaults upon Pakistani immigrants or people of Pakistani descent
- pension book — In Britain, a pension book is a small book which is given to pensioners by the government. Each week, one page can be exchanged for money at a Post Office.
- prebreakfast — occurring before breakfast, of or pertaining to the period before breakfast
- public works — government-funded construction
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- reserve bank — one of the 12 principal banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
- ribbon snake — either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
- ribeye steak — a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.
- risk-benefit — involving studies, testing, etc., to establish whether the benefits, as of a course of medical treatment, outweigh the risks involved: to arrive at a risk-benefit ratio.
- rock lobster — spiny lobster.
- rubik's cube — a puzzle consisting of a cube with colored faces made of 26 smaller colored blocks attached to a spindle in the center, the object being to rotate the blocks until each face of the cube is a single color.
- saddle block — a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks, inner sides of the thighs, and perineum
- safe-breaker — a person who breaks open and robs safes
- salad basket — a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- savings bank — a bank that receives savings accounts only and pays interest to its depositors.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- sikandarabad — Secunderabad.
- skateboarder — person who rides skateboard
- skeleton bob — a small sledge for racing over a frozen track, steered by the rider by movements of the head and shoulders
- sketch-books — Also, sketchpad. a book or pad of drawing paper for sketches.
- snake-bitten — bitten by a snake.
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- spring break — a vacation from school or college during the spring term, lasting about a week.
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- stickability — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.