10-letter words containing k, a
- blacksburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
- blacksnake — any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake)
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blackstrap — a kind of port wine
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- blackwater — a stream stained dark with peat
- blank tape — magnetic tape that has no recorded sound or image, as an unused or erased tape.
- blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
- blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- blastodisk — germinal disk
- block coal — bituminous coal that breaks into large lumps or cubical blocks.
- block lava — volcanic lava occurring as rough-surfaced jagged blocks
- block mast — a short mast from the head of which a lateen yard is suspended.
- blockboard — a type of plywood in which soft wood strips are bonded together and sandwiched between two layers of veneer
- blood bank — A blood bank is a place where blood which has been taken from blood donors is stored until it is needed for people in hospital.
- blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
- blue-black — Something that is blue-black is bluish black in colour.
- bluejacket — a sailor in the Navy
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- boko haram — a militant and violent Islamic organization established in NE Nigeria in 2002 and also active in Niger, Chad, and Cameroon
- bone black — a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
- boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
- bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra
- book match — a match in or from a matchbook.
- book share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
- book value — In business, the book value of an asset is the value it is given in the account books of the company that owns it.
- bookmaking — Bookmaking is the activity of taking people's money when they bet and paying them money if they win.
- 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.
- bootmaking — the activity of making boots and shoes
- borah peak — a mountain in central Idaho, in the Lost River Range: highest peak in Idaho. 12,662 feet (3861 meters).
- boskop man — the undated cranial remains of a possible Homo sapiens found in the Transvaal of South Africa.
- bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
- brace jack — a triangular piece of wood used for propping up scenery from behind.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- bradykinin — a peptide in blood plasma that dilates blood vessels and causes contraction of smooth muscles. Formula: C50H73N15O11
- brahmaloka — the highest part of Kamaloka, where refined souls exist in blissful contemplation of Brahma.
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- 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
- brake fade — a gradual loss of braking power resulting from decreased friction between the lining and the drum or disc of the brake and usually caused by overheating.
- brake shoe — the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake
- brake-fade — the decrease in efficiency of braking of a motor vehicle due to overheating of the brakes
- brass neck — effrontery; nerve
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- break away — If you break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you, you free yourself and run away.