10-letter words containing k, a
- backpacked — Simple past tense and past participle of backpack.
- backpacker — A backpacker is a person who goes travelling with a backpack.
- backpaddle — to propel a boat by paddling backward, as by using a stroke in the direction of stern to bow.
- backpedals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpedal.
- backplanes — Plural form of backplane.
- backplates — Plural form of backplate.
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- backseater — A navigator who accompanies the pilot of an aircraft.
- backsheesh — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backsights — Plural form of backsight.
- backslider — A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- backspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of backspace.
- backspaces — Plural form of backspace.
- backsplash — any tiled area by, for example, a sink, cooker or bath to prevent damage to a wall by food or water splashes
- backsplice — a knot for finishing a rope end neatly, beginning with a crown and proceeding in a series of tucks, each strand over the first adjoining strand and under the next, the strands being split in half at each tuck.
- backstairs — a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants
- backstitch — a strong sewing stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle or beginning of the preceding one
- backstreet — a street in a town remote from the main roads
- backstroke — Backstroke is a swimming stroke that you do lying on your back.
- backswings — Plural form of backswing.
- backswords — Plural form of backsword.
- backtalker — One who backtalks.
- backtracks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backtrack.
- backvelder — a person who lives in a backveld
- backwardly — In a backward direction.
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- backwaters — Plural form of backwater.
- backwinded — Simple past tense and past participle of backwind.
- backwoodsy — like or of the nature of backwoods
- badakhshan — a former province in NE Afghanistan.
- bailiwicks — Plural form of bailiwick.
- bake blind — to bake (the empty crust of a pie, pastry, etc) by half filling with dried peas, crusts of bread, etc, to keep it in shape
- bake-wares — heat-resistant dishes, as of glass or pottery, in which food may be baked; ovenware.
- bakeapples — Plural form of bakeapple.
- bakehouses — Plural form of bakehouse.
- baker lake — a lake in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 975 sq. mi. (2525 sq. km).
- bakersheet — dripping pan.
- baking tin — an open metal container in which dough, cake mixture etc can be placed for baking
- balalaikas — Plural form of balalaika.
- balashikha — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe: a NE suburb of Moscow.
- balikbayan — (Philippines) A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country. (from 20th c.).
- balikpapan — a city in Indonesia, on the SE coast of Borneo. Pop: 409 023 (2000)
- balkan war — Also called First Balkan War. a war (1912–13) in which Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece opposed Turkey.
- balkanized — Simple past tense and past participle of balkanize.
- band brake — a brake using a brake band.
- banja luka — a city in NW Bosnia-Herzegovina, on the Vrbas River: scene of battles between the Austrians and Turks in 1527, 1688, and 1737; besieged by Serb forces (1992–95). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- bank check — A bank check is a check that you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal check.
- bank clerk — an employee of a bank
- bank draft — A bank draft is a cheque which you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal cheque.
- bank money — checks, drafts, and bank credits other than currency that are the equivalent of money.