13-letter words containing b, u, k
- chukka (boot) — an ankle-high bootlike shoe, usually with two or three pairs of eyelets
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
- curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
- double-booked — to overbook by accepting more than one reservation for the same hotel room, airplane seat, etc.
- double-decker — something with two decks, tiers, or the like, as two beds one above the other, a ship with two decks above the water line, or a bus with two decks.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- duck-egg blue — a pale greenish-blue colour
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- garbage truck — lorry that collects refuse
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- housebreakers — Plural form of housebreaker.
- 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.
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- husking (bee) — cornhusking (sense 2)
- jebel toubkal — a mountain in SW Morocco: highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. 13,671 feet (4167 meters).
- jesuit's bark — cinchona (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.
- kirkcudbright — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- knuckleballer — a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckle balls.
- komi republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia: annexed by the princes of Moscow in the 14th century. Capital: Syktyvkar. Pop: 1 019 000 (2002). Area: 415 900 sq km (160 540 sq miles)
- 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.
- kuskokwim bay — an inlet of the Bering Sea in Alaska. Length: about 160 km (100 miles)
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- labrador duck — an extinct sea duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, of northern North America, having black and white plumage.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- new brunswick — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- opossum block — (in New Zealand) a block of bush allocated to a licensed opossum trapper
- overrun brake — a brake fitted to a trailer or other towed vehicle that prevents the towed vehicle travelling faster than the towing vehicle when slowing down or descending an incline
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).