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12-letter words containing k, l, e, b

  • linking verb — copula (def 2).
  • longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
  • lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
  • lunch-bucket — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
  • make believe — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
  • make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
  • mental block — inability to recall
  • milkweed bug — any of several red and black lygaeid bugs, as Oncopeltus fasciatus, that feed on the juice of the milkweed.
  • monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
  • monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
  • nonbreakable — Not easily broken.
  • office block — a large office building.
  • on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
  • on the block — for sale at auction
  • peacock blue — a lustrous greenish blue, as of certain peacock feathers.
  • plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
  • rock climber — sb who scales mountains
  • rock lobster — spiny lobster.
  • rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
  • saddle block — a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks, inner sides of the thighs, and perineum
  • salad basket — a basket in which washed salad greens are swung or spun to remove excess water.
  • skeleton bob — a small sledge for racing over a frozen track, steered by the rider by movements of the head and shoulders
  • soybean milk — a milk substitute made of soy flour and water, used especially in the making of tofu.
  • straddleback — astride, on horseback
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • the bollocks — something excellent
  • troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
  • undertakable — able to be undertaken
  • unmarketable — readily salable.
  • unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
  • unreckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • unremarkable — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
  • unremarkably — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
  • unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
  • walking beam — an overhead oscillating lever, pivoted at the middle, for transmitting force from a vertical connecting rod below one end to a vertical connecting rod, pump rod, etc., below the other end.
  • wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
  • workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
  • zebulon pikeJames Albert, 1913–69, U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.
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