14-letter words containing i, b, n, k
- cable trunking — Cable trunking is an enclosure usually with a rectangular cross section, and with one removable or hinged side, that is used to protect cables and provide space for other electrical equipment.
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- chopping block — a thick wooden board used for chopping vegetables, meat etc on
- colouring book — A colouring book is a book of simple drawings which children can colour in.
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
- 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 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
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- 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
- interbank rate — The interbank rate is the interest rate that banks charge each other.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- into the black — into a profitable condition financially
- john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- kiln run brick — any of various bricks of sufficient hardness to be exposed to the weather.
- king of beasts — the lion.
- king-sized bed — A king-sized bed is a bed that is the largest size available.
- kissing bridge — a covered bridge.
- knee-trembling — very exciting
- 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.
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
- linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
- make a bargain — to agree on terms
- mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- okavango basin — a river in SW central Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, then east as part of the border between Angola and Namibia, then southeast across the Caprivi Strip into Botswana to form a great marsh known as the Okavango Basin, Delta or Swamp. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)
- paying-in book — a book for keeping a record of money deposited into an account
- pembroke pines — a city in SE Florida, near Fort Lauderdale.
- pipeline break — (architecture) (Or "pipeline stall") The delay caused on a processor using pipelines when a transfer of control is taken. Normally when a control-transfer instruction (a branch, conditional branch, call or trap) is taken, any following instructions which have been loaded into the processor's pipeline must be discarded or "flushed" and new instructions loaded from the branch destination. This introduces a delay before the processor can resume execution. "Delayed control-transfer" is a technique used to reduce this effect.
- platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
- purkinje fiber — any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible for the contractions of the ventricles.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- retail banking — banking for individual customers
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- 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.
- skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.