11-letter words containing k, o, r, b
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
- overbooking — Present participle of overbook.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- pork barrel — a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.
- power brake — an automotive brake set by pressure from some power source, as a compressed-air reservoir, in proportion to a smaller amount of pressure on the brake pedal.
- powerbroker — a person who wields great political, governmental, or financial power.
- prayer book — a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.
- prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- 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
- record book — log
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rock blenny — a prickleback, Xiphister mucosus, of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska.
- rock bottom — lowest possible price
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- rock-bottom — at the lowest possible limit or level; extremely low: rock-bottom prices.
- rock-ribbed — having ribs or ridges of rock: the rock-ribbed coast of Maine.
- rocket bomb — an aerial bomb equipped with a rocket for added velocity after being dropped from an aircraft.
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- 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.
- 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.
- smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
- source book — an original writing, as a document, record, or diary, that supplies an authoritative basis for future writing, study, evaluation, etc.
- step reebok — a set of aerobic exercises designed to improve the cardiovascular system, which consists of stepping on and off a special box of adjustable height
- stockbroker — a broker, especially one employed by a member firm of a stock exchange, who buys and sells stocks and other securities for customers.
- stockjobber — a stock salesperson, especially one who sells or promotes worthless securities.
- stone broke — having no money whatsoever.
- stone-broke — having no money whatsoever.
- stony brook — a town in N Long Island, in SE New York.
- stony-broke — completely without money; penniless
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- tanbark oak — any oak that yields tanbark, especially an evergreen oak, Lithocarpus densiflora, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- to be frank — You can say 'to be frank' or 'to be frank with you' to introduce a statement which is your honest opinion, especially when the person you are talking to might not like it.
- to go broke — If a company or person goes broke, they lose money and are unable to continue in business or to pay their debts.
- tower block — a high-rise building.
- travel book — a book about travelling to a certain country or region, esp a guidebook
- troubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- unrevokable — that may be revoked.
- wakeboarder — someone who rides a wakeboard
- whisk broom — a small, short-handled broom used chiefly to brush clothes.