15-letter words containing i, k, b
- copyright block — a block of four or more U.S. stamps that includes, in the selvage of the sheet, the copyright mark of the U.S. Postal Service.
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
- darkling beetle — any of a family (Tenebrionidae) of sluggish, dark beetles that feed on plants at night
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- donnybrook fair — a fair which until 1855 was held annually at Donnybrook, County Dublin, Ireland, and which was famous for rioting and dissipation.
- double knitting — a widely used medium thickness of knitting wool
- eat like a bird — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- electronic book — An electronic book is the same as an e-book.
- embroidery silk — a silk thread used for embroidery
- gaudier-brzeska — Henri (ɑ̃ri), original name Henri Gaudier. 1891–1915, French vorticist sculptor
- give me a break — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- humpback bridge — arched bridge
- hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
- in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
- jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- kaibab squirrel — a nearly extinct tree squirrel, Sciurus kaibabensis, found only in a small area north of the Grand Canyon.
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
- kick the bucket — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
- kitchen cabinet — a cupboard built into a kitchen or a chest of drawers for kitchen use, as for dishes and silverware.
- knickerbockered — wearing knickers.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- knight banneret — banneret1 (def 2).
- lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
- liskov, barbara — Barbara Liskov
- mackinac bridge — a suspension bridge over the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan: one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. 3800-foot (1158-meter) center span; 7400 feet (2256 meters) in total length.
- make a big deal — If someone makes a big deal out of something, they make a fuss about it or treat it as if it were very important.
- make a habit of — If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
- marriage broker — a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
- mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- milkweed beetle — any of several small red, black-spotted elongated beetles of the genus Tetraopes, common in eastern North America, that inhabit the milkweed.
- monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
- new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
- nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
- novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
- pick up the tab — If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something.
- pickaback plane — a powered airplane designed to be carried aloft by another airplane and released in flight.
- pickaback plant — piggyback plant.
- piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.