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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
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