13-letter words containing k
- black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
- black pudding — Black pudding is a thick sausage which has a black skin and is made from pork fat and pig's blood.
- black quarter — blackleg (def 1).
- black russian — a drink made from one part coffee liqueur and two parts vodka, served over ice.
- black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
- black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
- black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.
- black tracker — an Aboriginal tracker working for the police
- black treacle — molasses
- black vulture — the Eurasian vulture, Aegypius monachus, of the family Accipitridae
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- black-and-tan — (of a dog) of a black color with tan markings above the eyes and on the muzzle, chest, legs, feet, and breech.
- black-bag job — surreptitious or illegal entry or activity by government agents seeking incriminating evidence.
- black-hearted — evil, malicious, or wicked
- blackjack oak — a small oak tree, Quercus marilandica, of the southeastern US, with blackish bark and fan-shaped leaves
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- bladder wrack — any of various brown algae (genera Ascophyllum and Fucus), having a flattened body and conspicuous air bladders
- blanket chest — a chest, with or without drawers, having a rectangular space under a lifting lid or top, used for storing blankets, bedding, or clothing.
- blanket sheet — a newspaper of larger than average size, common in the mid 19th century.
- blanketflower — a hardy flowering plant, Gaillardia aristata, that grows in the US
- blinkenlights — /blink'*n-li:tz/ Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, especially a dinosaur. Derives from the last word of the famous blackletter-Gothic sign in mangled pseudo-German that once graced about half the computer rooms in the English-speaking world. One version ran in its entirety as follows: In an amusing example of turnabout-is-fair-play, German hackers have developed their own versions of the blinkenlights poster in fractured English, one of which is reproduced here: ATTENTION This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment. Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only! So all the "lefthanders" stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies. Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights. See also geef.
- block booking — the making of bookings for a number of people, or e.g. purchasing a number of seats in a theatre, concert hall, etc at the same time
- block capital — a sans-serif letter with lines of uniform weight.
- block diagram — a diagram showing the interconnections between the parts of an industrial process
- block letters — Block letters are the same as block capitals.
- block release — the release of industrial trainees from work for study at a college for several weeks
- blow a gasket — to burst out in anger
- blow sky-high — to destroy completely
- blue grosbeak — a grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea, of the U.S., Mexico, and Central America, the male of which is blue with two rusty bars on each wing.
- blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
- boat neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
- bodvar bjarki — the greatest of Rolf Kraki's heroes, often fighting in the likeness of a bear: probably identical with Beowulf.
- body stocking — A body stocking is a piece of clothing that covers the whole of someone's body and fits tightly. Body stockings are often worn by dancers.
- bomber jacket — A bomber jacket is a short jacket which is gathered into a band at the waist or hips.
- bonanza creek — a stream in W Yukon Territory, Canada, flowing NW to the Klondike River near Dawson: gold strike 1896. 20 miles (32 km) long.
- bonnet monkey — an Indian macaque, Macaca radiata, with a bonnet-like tuft of hair
- book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
- book of books — the Bible.
- book of hours — a book used esp in monasteries during the Middle Ages that contained the prayers and offices of the canonical hours
- book of kells — Book of Kells.
- book scorpion — any of various small arachnids of the order Pseudoscorpionida (false scorpions), esp Chelifer cancroides, which are sometimes found in old books, etc
- book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
- booking agent — an agent who makes bookings, as reservations for travel or the theater or engagements for performers, for clients.
- booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
- boomerang kid — a young adult who, after having lived on his or her own for a time, returns to live in the parental home, usually due to financial problems caused by unemployment or the high cost of living independently
- boston rocker — a type of 19th-cent. American rocking chair, having a curved wooden seat and a high back formed of spindles held in place by a broad headpiece
- bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
- boundary peak — a peak in SW Nevada, in the White Mountains, near the California border: highest elevation in Nevada. 13,143 feet (4006 meters).
- bracket clock — a small clock designed to be placed on a bracket or shelf.
- bracket creep — an advance into a higher income tax bracket resulting from an increase in nominal income: the higher taxes, when combined with the effects of inflation, may produce a decline in real income