14-letter words containing k, a, o
- bamboo network — a network of close-knit Chinese entrepreneurs with large corporate empires in southeast Asia
- banker's order — pay order, banker's cheque
- barbara liskov — (person) Professor Barbara Liskov was the first US woman to be awarded a PhD in computing, and her innovations can be found in every modern programming language. She currently (2009) heads the Programming Methodology Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Liskov's design innovations have, over the decades, made software more reliable and easier to maintain. She has invented two computer progamming languages: CLU, an object-orientated language, and Argus, a distributed programming language. Liskov's research forms the basis of modern programming languages such as Java, C# and C++. One of the biggest impacts of her work came from her contributions to the use of data abstraction, a method for organising complex programs. See Liskov substitution principle. In June 2009 she will receive the A. M. Turing Award.
- barbour jacket — a hard-wearing waterproof waxed jacket
- basket-of-gold — a yellow-flowered perennial plant (Alyssum saxatile, now more properly Aurinia saxatilis) of the crucifer family, often used in rock gardens
- bay psalm book — a translation of the Psalms by John Eliot and others: the first book published (1640) in America.
- bayonet socket — a socket for a bayonet fitting
- beard-stroking — deep thought
- belaya tserkov — city in WC Ukraine: pop. 204,000
- betake oneself — to go; move
- bilious attack — a group of symptoms consisting of headache, abdominal pain, and constipation
- birdcage clock — lantern clock.
- black diamonds — carbonado1 .
- black root rot — any of several diseases of plants characterized by black or brown lesions on the root.
- black-on-black — concerning black people exclusively
- blanket-flower — any composite plant of the genus Gaillardia, having showy heads of yellow or red flowers.
- block calendar — a calendar in the form of a block of sheets each printed with the date of one day
- block capitals — Block capitals are simple capital letters that are not decorated in any way.
- block faulting — the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.
- block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock
- 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
- 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).
- break of serve — the act or instance of breaking an opponent's service
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- broken-hearted — Someone who is broken-hearted is very sad and upset because they have had a serious disappointment.
- 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
- cahokia mounds — the largest group of prehistoric Indian earthworks in the US, located northeast of East St Louis
- calendar clock — a clock that indicates date of the month, day of the week, etc., as well as the time, and sometimes indicates the phases of the moon and other periodical data.
- canada hemlock — a hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, of eastern North America, having horizontal branches that often droop to the ground: the state tree of Pennsylvania.
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- captain cooker — a wild pig
- carbonate rock — Carbonate rock is a sedimentary rock which is composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃).
- carriage clock — a portable clock, usually in a rectangular case with a handle on the top, of a type originally used by travellers
- case framework — A set of products and conventions that allow CASE tools to be integrated into a coherent environment.
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- champagne cork — a cork used in a champagne bottle
- chaparral cock — roadrunner
- chinook jargon — a pidgin language containing elements of Native American languages, English, and French: formerly used among fur traders and Indians on the NW coast of North America
- chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
- chocolate cake — a cake flavoured with cocoa or chocolate