14-letter words containing k, a, b
- block sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical literary analysis by random selection of a starting point and consideration of the continuous passage following it
- bob-a-job week — a week during which boy scouts and cubs formerly raised money for their organizations by doing jobs
- bokhara clover — white melilot.
- brachypinakoid — the side parallel to the shorter horizontal axis in a crystal
- bracket fungus — any saprotroph or parasitic fungus of the basidiomycetous family Polyporaceae, growing as a shelflike mass (bracket) from tree trunks and producing spores in vertical tubes in the bracket
- braddock hills — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- bras d'or lake — an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in the center Cape Breton Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada. 360 sq. mi. (930 sq. km).
- brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
- break of serve — the act or instance of breaking an opponent's service
- break the bank — to ruin financially or deplete the resources of a bank (as in gambling)
- break the mold — If you say that someone breaks the mold, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
- break the news — announce sth
- break-up value — the value of an organization assuming that it will not continue to trade
- breakfast club — a service that provides a breakfast for children who arrive early at school
- breakfast food — any prepared cereal for breakfast
- breakfast room — a room set aside for serving and eating breakfast, esp in a hotel or guesthouse
- breakfast show — a radio or television broadcast that airs around breakfast time
- breakfast time — Breakfast time is the period of the morning when most people have their breakfast.
- breaking point — If something or someone has reached breaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
- breathtakingly — thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance.
- broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- bucket brigade — a line of persons passing buckets of water along in trying to put out a fire
- buckwheat cake — a pancake made of buckwheat flour.
- buckwheat coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 5/16 to 9/16 inch (7.9 to 13.9 m).
- buckwheat note — shape note.
- bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
- buyer's market — When there is a buyer's market for a particular product, there are more of the products for sale than there are people who want to buy them, so buyers have a lot of choice and can make prices come down.
- buyers' market — a market in which goods and services are plentiful and prices relatively low.
- 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.
- carbonate rock — Carbonate rock is a sedimentary rock which is composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃).
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- chartered bank — a privately owned bank that has been incorporated by Parliament to operate in the commercial banking system
- chesapeake bay — the largest inlet of the Atlantic in the coast of the US: bordered by Maryland and Virginia
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
- cracker-barrel — rural; rustic; homespun
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- 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.
- 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
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
- get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.