9-letter words containing k, a, b
- balkanise — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- balkanism — to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.
- balkanize — to divide (a territory) into small warring states
- balkiness — The state or quality of being balky.
- balkingly — in a balking manner
- balklines — Plural form of balkline.
- ball cock — a device for regulating the flow of a liquid into a tank, cistern, etc, consisting of a floating ball mounted at one end of an arm and a valve on the other end that opens and closes as the ball falls and rises with the water level in the cistern
- ball hawk — Baseball. an outfielder with outstanding defensive skills, especially at fielding fly balls.
- ballcocks — Plural form of ballcock.
- ballparks — Plural form of ballpark.
- bandbrake — a device used to measure the power of brakes
- bank barn — a barn built into the side of a hill or with earth banked around it, often a two-story barn thus having a ground-level entrance for each story.
- bank bill — a bill of exchange drawn by one bank on another
- bank card — A bank card is a plastic card which your bank gives you so you can get money from your bank account using a cash machine. It is also called an ATM card in American English. In Britain, you also use bank cards to prove who you are when you pay for something by cheque.
- bank giro — a British giro system operated by clearing banks to enable customers to pay sums of money to others by credit transfer
- bank loan — a sum of money borrowed by a customer or business from a bank, often for a specific purpose, such as buying a car
- bank note — a promissory note issued by a bank, payable on demand: it is a form of paper money
- bank raid — an attack on a bank, often involving firearms and violence, with the aim of stealing money or other valuables
- bank rate — The bank rate is the rate of interest at which a bank lends money, especially the minimum rate of interest that banks are allowed to charge, which is decided from time to time by the country's central bank.
- bank shot — Basketball. a shot into the basket, made by rebounding the ball off the backboard.
- bankbooks — Plural form of bankbook.
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- banknotes — Plural form of banknote.
- bankrolls — Plural form of bankroll.
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
- bankstown — a city in SE Australia, a suburb of Sydney.
- bar kokba — Simon, died a.d. 135, Hebrew leader of insurrection against the Romans a.d. 132–135.
- bar snack — a light quick meal, such as a sandwich or pie, served in a bar
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barkeeper — A barkeeper is someone who serves drinks behind a bar.
- barklouse — any of numerous insects of the order Psocoptera that live on the bark of trees and other plants.
- barm cake — a round flat soft bread roll
- barmbrack — a loaf of bread with currants in it
- barracked — Simple past tense and past participle of barrack.
- barracker — to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.
- bartokian — characteristic of the music of Béla Bartók: driving, percussive, Bartokian rhythm.
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.
- basilisks — Plural form of basilisk.
- basinlike — resembling a basin
- basketeer — Someone who makes baskets; a basketmaker.
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- bassarisk — any carnivorous mammal of the genus Bassariscus, comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.
- batu khan — d. 1255, Mongol conqueror: leader of the Golden Horde (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- baulkline — a straight line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
- beakerful — the amount of liquid a beaker will hold
- beanstalk — the stem of a bean plant
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- beastlike — resembling a beast
- beat back — to force to retreat; drive back
- bedjacket — A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women.