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10-letter words containing k, r

  • bark cloth — a papery fabric made from the fibrous inner bark of various trees, esp of the moraceous genus Ficus and the leguminous genus Brachystegia
  • barkantine — a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the other masts.
  • barkeepers — Plural form of barkeeper.
  • barkentine — a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others
  • barkhausen — Heinrich Georg. 1881–1956, German physicist; discovered that ferromagnetic material in an increasing magnetic field becomes magnetized in discrete jumps (the Barkhausen effect)
  • barracking — Present participle of barrack.
  • basketwork — work that is interlaced or woven like a basket; wickerwork
  • bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
  • battercake — pancake (def 1).
  • beam brick — a face brick for bonding to a concrete lintel poured in place, having a section like a right triangle.
  • bee killer — robber fly.
  • beekeepers — Plural form of beekeeper.
  • bell crank — a lever with two arms having a common fulcrum at their junction
  • bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
  • bench work — work done at a workbench, worktable, etc., as in a factory or laboratory.
  • bergamasko — an inhabitant of Bergamo
  • berkeleian — denoting or relating to the philosophy of George Berkeley
  • berkshires — Also called Berks [burks; British bahrks] /bɜrks; British bɑrks/ (Show IPA). a county in S England. 485 sq. mi. (1255 sq. km).
  • berzerkley — Berzerkeley
  • besprinkle — to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
  • bierkeller — a public house decorated in German style, selling German beers
  • birkenhead — a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop: 83 729 (2001)
  • bitterbark — an Australian tree, Alstonia constricta, with bitter-tasting bark that is used in preparing tonic medicines
  • black bear — the common North American bear (Ursus americanus) that lives in forests and feeds mainly on roots and berries
  • black gram — a leguminous plant, Phaseolus mungo, whose seeds are used as food in India
  • black iris — a painting (1926) by Georgia O'Keeffe.
  • black mark — A black mark against someone is something bad that they have done or a bad quality that they have which affects the way people think about them.
  • black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
  • black ruff — a large, blackish, pelagic fish, Centrolophus niger, of the Atlantic Ocean, chiefly along the coast of Europe.
  • black rust — a stage in any of several diseases of cereals and grasses caused by rust fungi in which black masses of spores appear on the stems or leaves
  • black tern — a small tern with a black head and body, Chlidonias niger, found on all continents except Australasia
  • blackamoor — a Black African or other person with dark skin
  • blackbeard — nickname of (Edward) Teach
  • blackberry — A blackberry is a small, soft black or dark purple fruit.
  • blackboard — A blackboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Blackboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
  • blackguard — an unprincipled contemptible person; scoundrel
  • blackheart — an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
  • blacksburg — a town in SW Virginia.
  • blackshirt — (in Europe) a member of a fascist organization, esp a member of the Italian Fascist party before and during World War II
  • blackstrap — a kind of port wine
  • blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
  • blackwater — a stream stained dark with peat
  • blitzkrieg — A blitzkrieg is a fast and intense military attack that takes the enemy by surprise and is intended to achieve a very quick victory.
  • blockboard — a type of plywood in which soft wood strips are bonded together and sandwiched between two layers of veneer
  • blood work — a blood test or blood tests collectively.
  • blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
  • blues-rock — a blend of rock-'n'-roll and blues.
  • body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
  • bodyworker — a person involved in the building or repair of bodywork
  • boko haram — a militant and violent Islamic organization established in NE Nigeria in 2002 and also active in Niger, Chad, and Cameroon
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