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15-letter words containing k, n, u, b

  • alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
  • backup rotation — (operating system)   Any system for re-using backup media, e.g. magnetic tape. One extreme would be to use the same media for every backup (e.g. copy disk A to disk B), the other extreme would be to use new media every time. The trade-off is between the cost of buying and storing media and the ability to restore any version of any file. One example is the Grandfather, Father, Son (GFS) scheme.
  • banking product — one of the various services offered by a bank to its customers: mortgages, loans, insurance etc
  • bateau neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • beginner's luck — the initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit, as a sport or game: Catching a large trout the first time you go fishing is simply beginner's luck.
  • bishop auckland — a town in N England, in central Durham: seat of the bishops of Durham since the 12th century: light industries. Pop: 24 764 (2001)
  • black horehound — a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra, having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
  • black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
  • blockade runner — a person, ship etc that tries to carry goods through a blockade
  • blockade-runner — a ship or person that passes through a blockade.
  • blueback salmon — sockeye salmon.
  • book of account — a book to keep accounts in; ledger
  • breaking plough — a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
  • bucket conveyor — a conveyor consisting of an endless chain with a series of buckets attached at regular intervals, used for moving ore, gravel, grain, or other bulk materials.
  • buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
  • building worker — a labourer, bricklayer, etc who works in the construction industry
  • buy-back option — the option for a company to buy some or all of its shares from an investor, who acquired them by putting venture capital into the company when it was formed
  • counterblockade — a retaliatory blockade
  • countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
  • country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
  • debenture stock — stock that pays a fixed rate of interest at fixed intervals
  • discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
  • double knitting — a widely used medium thickness of knitting wool
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
  • humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
  • knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • manukau harbour — an inlet of the Tasman Sea near Auckland in New Zealand on NW North Island
  • monkey business — frivolous or mischievous behavior.
  • mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
  • new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
  • notour bankrupt — a bankrupt who has failed to discharge his or her debts within the days of grace allowed by the court
  • novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
  • plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
  • public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
  • quarter blanket — a horse blanket, usually placed under a saddle or harness and extending to the horse's tail.
  • rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
  • runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
  • spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
  • stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
  • unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.

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