13-letter words containing k, e, b, i
- break the ice — to relieve shyness or reserve, esp between strangers
- breaker strip — breaker1 (def 4).
- breaker-strip — a person or thing that breaks.
- breaking ball — any pitch that breaks; specif., a curve or slider
- breaking news — news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place
- brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
- broken-winded — suffering from heaves
- bulk settling — Bulk settling is a process in which two liquids, or a solid and a liquid, of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
- bush sickness — an animal disease caused by a cobalt deficiency in old bush country
- business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
- butcher knife — a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
- butter cookie — Cookery. a plain cookie whose chief ingredients are butter, flour, and sugar.
- cabinet maker — A cabinet maker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cabinet-maker — a person who makes fine furniture and other woodwork.
- cabinetmakers — Plural form of cabinetmaker.
- cabinetmaking — the manufacture of fine furniture and other woodwork.
- caribbee bark — the bark of any of various tropical American and Caribbean rubiaceous trees of the genus Exostema, used as a substitute for cinchona bark
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- cricket table — a three-legged table of the Jacobean period.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- drink problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drinkableness — the quality of being drinkable, the capacity to be drunk, drinkability
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- exercise bike — exercise machine like a bicycle
- exercise book — An exercise book is a small book that students use for writing in.
- farkleberries — Plural form of farkleberry.
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- finback whale — rorqual
- flexible disk — a flexible removable magnetic disk that stores information and can be used to store data for use in a microprocessor
- frederiksberg — a city in E Denmark: a part of Copenhagen.
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- hit the books — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- husking (bee) — cornhusking (sense 2)
- in one's book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- internet bank — a bank that allows customers to conduct business online, esp exclusively so
- invisible ink — sympathetic ink.
- jesuit's bark — cinchona (def 2).