14-letter words containing k, t, b, o
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- cook the books — to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts
- crossbolt lock — a lock controlling two bolts moving in opposite directions, as to the top and bottom of a doorframe.
- custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
- customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- 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.
- leukocytoblast — the precursor cell to a mature leukocyte
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- re-embarkation — the act of boarding a ship or aircraft again
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
- takeout double — informatory double.
- talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- telephone book — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
- ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
- the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
- the joe blakes — the DT's
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- to blow a kiss — If you blow someone a kiss or blow a kiss, you touch the palm of your hand lightly with your lips, and then blow across your hand towards the person, in order to show them your affection.
- to break cover — If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
- to break ranks — If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
- to know better — If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
- to sb's liking — If something is to your liking, it suits your interests, tastes, or wishes.
- visitors' book — a book in a public building in which people write their names and addresses and any comments they have about the place