16-letter words containing k, a, b

horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
journeyman baker — a baker who is qualified to work in the employment of another
karadeniz bogazi — Bosporus
kentucky warbler — a wood warbler, Oporornis formosus, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and marked with black on the face.
khakass republic — a constituent republic of S central Russia, formerly in Krasnoyarsk Territory: formed in 1930. Capital: Abakan. Pop: 546 100 (2002). Area: 61 900 sq km (23 855 sq miles)
king james bible — Authorized Version.
kingdom-of-nubia — a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
kit and caboodle — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
knapsack problem — the problem of determining which numbers from a given collection of numbers have been added together to yield a specific sum: used in cryptography to encipher (and sometimes decipher) messages.
knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
krebs urea cycle — urea cycle.
labtech notebook — (tool, product) Commercial data aquisition software.
large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
lipstick lesbian — a lesbian who is feminine in manner or appearance; a femme.
little black ant — a widely distributed ant, Monomorium minimum, sometimes a household pest.
lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
mackinaw blanket — a thick woolen blanket, often woven with bars of color, formerly used in the northern and western U.S. by Indians, loggers, etc.
mahalla el kubra — a city in Egypt, on the Nile delta.
make a break for — run towards
make the best of — do what you can
man booker prize — an annual prize for a work of Commonwealth or Irish fiction of £50,000, awarded as the Booker Prize from 1969–2002
man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
morris plan bank — a private banking organization, formerly common in the U.S., designed primarily to grant small loans to industrial workers.
murasaki shikibu — Lady, 978?–1031? Japanese poet and novelist.
nagorno-karabakh — a region in SW Azerbaijan: residents mostly Armenian. 1700 sq. mi. (4400 sq. km).
network database — (database) A kind of database management system in which each record type can have multiple owners, e.g. orders are owned by both customers and products. This contrasts with a hierarchical database (one owner) or relational database (no explicit owner).
nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
rack one's brain — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
rainbow lorikeet — a small Australasian parrot, Trichoglossus haematodus, with brightly-coloured plumage
razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
sharpe's grysbok — either of two small, usually solitary antelopes of southern Africa, Raphicerus melanotis, or R. sharpei (Sharpe's grysbok) having a light to dark reddish-brown coat speckled with white.
slap on the back — to congratulate
snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
squeaky-bum time — the tense final matches in the race to a league championship, esp from the point of view of the leaders
stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.

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