10-letter words containing k, a, b
- backwinded — Simple past tense and past participle of backwind.
- backwoodsy — like or of the nature of backwoods
- badakhshan — a former province in NE Afghanistan.
- bailiwicks — Plural form of bailiwick.
- bake blind — to bake (the empty crust of a pie, pastry, etc) by half filling with dried peas, crusts of bread, etc, to keep it in shape
- bake-wares — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
- bakeapples — Plural form of bakeapple.
- bakehouses — Plural form of bakehouse.
- baker lake — a lake in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 975 sq. mi. (2525 sq. km).
- bakersheet — dripping pan.
- baking tin — an open metal container in which dough, cake mixture etc can be placed for baking
- balalaikas — Plural form of balalaika.
- balashikha — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe: a NE suburb of Moscow.
- balikbayan — (Philippines) A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country. (from 20th c.).
- balikpapan — a city in Indonesia, on the SE coast of Borneo. Pop: 409 023 (2000)
- balkan war — Also called First Balkan War. a war (1912–13) in which Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece opposed Turkey.
- balkanized — Simple past tense and past participle of balkanize.
- band brake — a brake using a brake band.
- banja luka — a city in NW Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the Vrbas River: scene of battles between the Austrians and Turks in 1527, 1688, and 1737; besieged by Serb forces (1992–95). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- bank check — A bank check is a check that you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal check.
- bank clerk — an employee of a bank
- bank draft — A bank draft is a cheque which you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal cheque.
- bank money — checks, drafts, and bank credits other than currency that are the equivalent of money.
- bank night — Informal. (especially in the 1930s) an evening when prizes are awarded to members of the audience at a motion-picture theater.
- bank paper — bank notes collectively
- bank vault — a strongroom in a bank for the storage of valuable items
- bankrolled — money in one's possession; monetary resources.
- bankroller — the person or organization that provides the finance for a project, business, etc
- bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- bar kochba — Simeon. died 135 ad, Jewish leader who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Romans in Palestine
- barebacker — (slang) A person who engages in barebacking.
- barenecked — Having the neck bare.
- bark cloth — a papery fabric made from the fibrous inner bark of various trees, esp of the moraceous genus Ficus and the leguminous genus Brachystegia
- barkantine — a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the other masts.
- barkeepers — Plural form of barkeeper.
- barkentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- barracking — Present participle of barrack.
- basal disk — the flattened basal surface by which coelenterate polyps attach to the substrate.
- 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
- bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
- battercake — pancake (def 1).
- beam brick — a face brick for bonding to a concrete lintel poured in place, having a section like a right triangle.
- beanie key — feature key
- beanstalks — Plural form of beanstalk.
- bed jacket — a woman's short upper garment worn over a nightgown when sitting up in bed