10-letter words containing k, a, r, e
- backpacker — A backpacker is a person who goes travelling with a backpack.
- backseater — A navigator who accompanies the pilot of an aircraft.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backstreet — a street in a town remote from the main roads
- backstroke — Backstroke is a swimming stroke that you do lying on your back.
- backtalker — One who backtalks.
- backvelder — a person who lives in a backveld
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- backwaters — Plural form of backwater.
- bake-wares — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
- baker lake — a lake in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 975 sq. mi. (2525 sq. km).
- bakersheet — dripping pan.
- band brake — a brake using a brake band.
- bank clerk — an employee of a bank
- bank paper — bank notes collectively
- bankrolled — money in one's possession; monetary resources.
- bankroller — the person or organization that provides the finance for a project, business, etc
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- barebacker — (slang) A person who engages in barebacking.
- barenecked — Having the neck bare.
- barkantine — a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the other masts.
- barkeepers — Plural form of barkeeper.
- barkentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
- barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
- basketwork — work that is interlaced or woven like a basket; wickerwork
- battercake — pancake (def 1).
- beam brick — a face brick for bonding to a concrete lintel poured in place, having a section like a right triangle.
- bell crank — a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction
- bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
- bergamasko — an inhabitant of Bergamo
- berkeleian — denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
- birkenhead — a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)
- bitterbark — an Australian tree, Alstonia constricta, with bitter-tasting bark that is used in preparing tonic medicines
- black bear — the common North American bear (Ursus americanus) that lives in forests and feeds mainly on roots and berries
- black tern — a small tern with a black head and body, Chlidonias niger, found on all continents except Australasia
- blackbeard — nickname of (Edward) Teach
- blackberry — A blackberry is a small, soft black or dark purple fruit.
- blackheart — an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
- blackwater — a stream stained dark with peat
- blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- book share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
- bookmarked — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
- bookreader — DEC's CD-ROM-based on-line documentation browser.
- borah peak — a mountain in central Idaho, in the Lost River Range: highest peak in Idaho. 12,662 feet (3861 meters).
- brace jack — a triangular piece of wood used for propping up scenery from behind.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brake drum — the cast-iron drum attached to the hub of a wheel of a motor vehicle fitted with drum brakes