9-letter words containing k, a, r, b
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- balikesir — city in NW Asiatic Turkey: pop. 173,000
- balk ring — A balk ring is a rotating part of a gearbox that prevents the gears from engaging too early.
- 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 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 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.
- bankerish — resembling or befitting a banker, especially in being perceived as reserved and conservative in dress and demeanor: a model of bankerish decorum.
- bankrolls — Plural form of bankroll.
- bankrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt.
- 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.
- basketeer — Someone who makes baskets; a basketmaker.
- bassarisk — any carnivorous mammal of the genus Bassariscus, comprising the cacomistles and ringtails.
- beakerful — the amount of liquid a beaker will hold
- bearskins — Plural form of bearskin.
- benchmark — A benchmark is something whose quality or quantity is known and which can therefore be used as a standard with which other things can be compared.
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- bergamask — person from Bergamo
- bhaktapur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- bike rack — stand for parking cycles
- biomarker — a distinct biochemical, genetic, or molecular characteristic or substance that is an indicator of a particular biological condition or process: a blood test to measure protein biomarkers for cancer.
- bird walk — an excursion, usually undertaken as a group with an expert leader, for observing and studying birds in their natural habitat.
- birthmark — A birthmark is a mark on someone's skin that has been there since they were born.
- black arm — a type or phase of bacterial blight of cotton, characterized by black, elongated lesions on the stem and branches, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas malvacearum.
- black art — black magic
- black rat — a common rat, Rattus rattus: a household pest that has spread from its native Asia to all countries
- black rod — (in Britain) an officer of the House of Lords and of the Order of the Garter, whose main duty is summoning the Commons at the opening and proroguing of Parliament
- black rot — any of various plant diseases of fruits and vegetables, producing blackening, rotting, and shrivelling and caused by bacteria (including Xanthomonas campestris) and fungi (such as Physalospora malorum)
- black run — an extremely difficult run, suitable for expert skiers
- black tar — black heroin.
- blackacre — an arbitrary name for a piece of land used for purposes of supposition in legal argument or the like (often distinguished from whiteacre).
- blackbird — A blackbird is a common European bird. The male has black feathers and a yellow beak, and the female has brown feathers.
- blackburn — a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
- blackener — someone who blackens
- blackfire — a disease of tobacco, characterized by angular, dark lesions on the leaves, caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas angulata.
- blackmore — R(ichard) D(oddridge). 1825–1900, English novelist; author of Lorna Doone (1869)
- blackwork — embroidery done with black, usually silk, thread on white fabric, especially linen.
- bladework — skilful use of a blade, esp with reference to rowing