11-letter words containing k, o, b, i
- novosibirsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ob.
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- overbooking — Present participle of overbook.
- packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.
- point-blank — aimed or fired straight at the mark especially from close range; direct.
- quaking bog — a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- recipe book — a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- rock-ribbed — having ribs or ridges of rock: the rock-ribbed coast of Maine.
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
- signal book — a book containing the signals to be used for sending messages to other boats
- silver book — (publication) Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
- skatemobile — a scooterlike vehicle built of boxes, boards, or the like, and mounted on skate wheels.
- skinner box — a box used in experiments in animal learning, especially in operant conditioning, equipped with a mechanism that automatically gives the animal food or other reward or permits escape, as by opening a door.
- smoking ban — the prohibition of smoking cigarettes, etc in public places
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
- tickety-boo — fine; OK.
- tuning knob — a knob or dial on a radio used to tune into different stations
- whisk broom — a small, short-handled broom used chiefly to brush clothes.
- whiskbrooms — Plural form of whiskbroom.
- willowbrook — a city in SW California.
- wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
- window back — woodwork, especially paneling, beneath the stool of a window.
- wizard book — (publication) Hal Abelson, Gerald Sussman and Julie Sussman's "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.
- workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- working bee — a voluntary group doing a job for charity
- zombie bank — a bank that has liabilities exceeding its assets but continues to operate through government support: These zombie banks are unable or unwilling to lend out money.