10-letter words containing e, s, k
- barkeepers — Plural form of barkeeper.
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- basketball — Basketball is a game in which two teams of five players each try to score goals by throwing a large ball through a circular net fixed to a metal ring at each end of the court.
- basketcase — Alternative form of basket case.
- basketlike — resembling a basket
- basketwork — work that is interlaced or woven like a basket; wickerwork
- beanstalks — Plural form of beanstalk.
- beekeepers — Plural form of beekeeper.
- belowdecks — below a ship's deck
- bergamasko — an inhabitant of Bergamo
- berkshires — Also called Berks [burks; British bahrks] /bɜrks; British bɑrks/ (Show IPA). a county in S England. 485 sq. mi. (1255 sq. km).
- bespeckled — to speckle.
- besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
- beta stock — any of the second rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange, of which there are about 500. Continuous display of prices by market makers is required but not immediate publication of transactions
- black sage — a shrubby Californian plant, Salvia mellifera, of the mint family, having an interrupted spike of lavender-blue or white flowers.
- black site — a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government
- black stem — a disease of plants, characterized by blackened stems and defoliation, caused by any of several fungi, as Ascochyta imperfecta or Mycosphaerella lethalis.
- blacksnake — any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake)
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blockhouse — (formerly) a wooden fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc
- blue dicks — a plant, Dichelostemma pulchellum, of the amaryllis family, common on the western coast of the U.S., having headlike clusters of blue flowers.
- blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
- blues-rock — a blend of rock-'n'-roll and blues.
- bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
- book louse — any of various small, usually wingless, insects (order Psocoptera) that infest and destroy old books
- book share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
- bookseller — A bookseller is a person who sells books.
- boris bike — any bicycle rented out by London's public bicycle hire scheme
- bousingken — a drinking house frequented by thieves or other disreputable characters
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brake shoe — the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake
- brass neck — effrontery; nerve
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- break step — to cease to march in step
- breakables — objects that are delicate and could be easily broken
- breastwork — a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high
- brockhouse — Bertram Neville, 1918–2003, Canadian physicist: Nobel Prize 1994.
- brokenness — the quality of being broken
- brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- buckpasser — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
- bull snake — any burrowing North American nonvenomous colubrid snake of the genus Pituophis, typically having yellow and brown markings
- bundesbank — the central bank of Germany
- bush knife — a large heavy knife suitable for outdoor use
- bushwalker — a person who hikes through bushland
- by mistake — accidentally, not on purpose
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- canebrakes — Plural form of canebrake.
- canvaslike — resembling canvas