14-letter words containing k, o, b
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
- get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- horseshoe back — a bow back having a slight outward splay at its bottom.
- inboard brakes — Inboard brakes are brakes located close to the center of the vehicle rather than at the wheel hub.
- income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- into the black — into a profitable condition financially
- java black rot — a disease of stored sweet potatoes, characterized by dry rot of and black protuberances on the tubers, caused by a fungus, Diplodia tubericola.
- john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- keep sb posted — update regularly
- keep the books — to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise
- king of beasts — the lion.
- knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
- knobbling roll — a roll for a rolling mill, having a series of regularly shaped projections and depressions on its face.
- know backwards — to understand completely
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
- lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
- make one's bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- network number — network address
- oblique stroke — (character) "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
- okavango basin — a river in SW central Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, then east as part of the border between Angola and Namibia, then southeast across the Caprivi Strip into Botswana to form a great marsh known as the Okavango Basin, Delta or Swamp. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)
- on bended knee — kneeling on one leg
- on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
- paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
- paperback book — a book with covers made of flexible card, sold relatively cheaply
- payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
- paying-in book — a book for keeping a record of money deposited into an account
- peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
- pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
- pembroke pines — a city in SE Florida, near Fort Lauderdale.
- pembroke table — a drop-leaf table with fly rails and with a drawer at one end or each end of the skirt.
- pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
- poikiloblastic — (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- record-breaker — A record-breaker is someone or something that beats the previous best result in a sport or other activity.
- red chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
- reference book — a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.