13-letter words containing k, n, u, b
- aluminum book — (publication) Due to a technical screwup some printings of the second edition are actually what the author calls "yucky green". See also book titles.
- archie bunker — a poorly educated blue-collar worker, holding ultraconservative, racist, and male-chauvinist opinions.
- auction block — Also called block. a platform from which an auctioneer sells: the old courthouse where slaves were sold from the auction block.
- back mutation — the reversion of a mutant to the original phenotype
- backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
- backgrounding — Present participle of background.
- backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
- balloon chuck — a lathe chuck having the form of a hollow hemisphere, for enclosing and holding small parts, as balance staffs of watches, so that only their ends are exposed.
- bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
- bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
- banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
- banking house — a more formal term for a bank
- bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
- berkeley unix — Berkeley Software Distribution
- black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
- black currant — the small, round, blackish, edible fruit of a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, of the saxifrage family.
- black pudding — Black pudding is a thick sausage which has a black skin and is made from pork fat and pig's blood.
- black russian — a drink made from one part coffee liqueur and two parts vodka, served over ice.
- boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
- buck and wing — a boisterous tap dance, derived from Black and Irish clog dances
- buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
- 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.
- bunker buster — a laser-guided bomb designed to penetrate deep underground, as into rock or concrete, before detonating.
- bunko steerer — a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
- buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
- 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.
- cab rank rule — the rule that obliges barristers to take on any client in strict rotation
- chickenburger — A hot sandwich made of a patty of chicken in a bun, often with other ingredients.
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- double nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- double-nickel — the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- husking (bee) — cornhusking (sense 2)
- judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
- keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
- kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- knuckleballer — a pitcher who specializes in throwing knuckle balls.
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
- new brunswick — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
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