11-letter words containing k, a, s, b
- baking soda — Baking soda is the same as bicarbonate of soda.
- banana skin — The thick yellow or green covering of a banana is called a banana skin.
- barge spike — a square spike with a chisel point.
- barley sack — a burlap bag.
- baryshnikov — Mikhail. born 1948, Soviet-born ballet dancer, who defected (1974) to the West while on tour with the Kirov Ballet: director (1980–90) of the American Ballet Theatre
- bashibazouk — (in the 19th century) one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality
- basingstoke — a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)
- baskerville — a style of type
- basket case — If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state.
- basket fern — a small, compact fern, Nephrolepis pectinata, of tropical America, often grown in hanging baskets.
- basket fish — basket star.
- basket hilt — a hilt fitted to a broadsword, with a generally padded basket-shaped guard to protect the hand
- basket star — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, especially of the genus Gorgonocephalus, having long, slender, branching arms.
- basket-star — any of several echinoderms of the genus Gorgonocephalus, in which long slender arms radiate from a central disc: order Ophiuroidea (brittle-stars)
- basketballs — Plural form of basketball.
- basketmaker — A person who makes baskets.
- basketweave — a weave of two or more yarns together, resembling that of a basket, esp in wool or linen fabric
- beaky-nosed — having a nose that is large, pointed, or hooked
- bikini scar — a horizontal scar on the lower abdomen in the area where a bikini would be worn, usually resulting from a Caesarean section.
- bird's beak — beak (def 9).
- bismarckian — of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.
- black angus — Aberdeen Angus
- black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
- black goods — electronic goods which are housed in black or dark casings, such as televisions, CD players, etc
- black hills — a group of mountains in W South Dakota and NE Wyoming: famous for the gigantic sculptures of US presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore. Highest peak: Harney Peak, 2207 m (7242 ft)
- black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
- black shank — a disease of tobacco, characterized by wilting and by decayed, blackened roots and stems, caused by a fungus, Phytophthora parasitica nicotianae.
- black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
- black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
- black stump — a long way off
- blacklister — someone who blacklists
- blank shell — a shotgun shell containing powder but no shot.
- blank slate — tabula rasa.
- blank verse — Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- bleak house — a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens.
- blind snake — any burrowing snake of the family Typhlopidae and related families of warm and tropical regions, having very small or vestigial eyes
- blow a kiss — to kiss one's hand, then blow across it as if to carry the kiss through the air to another person
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- bone shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bone-shaker — an early-model bicycle, especially one with hard rubber tires.
- bracket saw — a handsaw for cutting curved forms.
- brake servo — The brake servo is a device for increasing the pressure of the driver's foot on the brake pedal.
- bram stoker — Bram [bram] /bræm/ (Show IPA), (Abraham Stoker) 1847–1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula.
- brankursine — a bear's-breech, a type of acanthus plant
- brass tacks — basic realities; hard facts (esp in the phrase get down to brass tacks)
- breadbasket — a basket for carrying bread or rolls
- breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
- break loose — to free oneself by force
- break ranks — to fall out of line, esp when under attack
- breakfasted — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.