9-letter words containing l, e, b, k
- camelback — a locomotive having its cab situated astride the boiler, halfway along it, rather than at the rear of the boiler
- carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
- cellblock — a group of cells in a prison where prisoners are kept
- checkable — capable of being checked, as by inquiry or verification: The fact is checkable from available records.
- chokeable — to stop the breath of by squeezing or obstructing the windpipe; strangle; stifle.
- clambakes — Plural form of clambake.
- clickable — A clickable image on a computer screen is one that you can point the cursor at and click on, in order to make something happen.
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- cocklebur — any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium, having spiny burs: family Asteraceae (composites)
- crackable — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- debulking — Present participle of debulk.
- deck bolt — a flat-headed bolt for fastening down deck planking.
- drinkable — suitable for drinking.
- elbowlike — Resembling an elbow.
- fibrelike — resembling a fibre or fibres
- flareback — a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
- flickable — able to be flicked
- frankable — (AU,finance) Eligible for franking, a system of tax credit.
- gaolbreak — Alternative form of jailbreak.
- halfbeaks — Plural form of halfbeak.
- haskell b — (language) An early version of Haskell by Lennart Augustsson <[email protected]> from Chalmers. Haskell B evolved into a full-featured implementation of Haskell 1.2, with quite a few extensions. Ports exist for many platforms including Sun, DEC, Sequent, IBM PC, Symmetry and unsupported versions for NS32000, IBM RT/PC, Cray, Sun-3, Vax, ARM, and RS/6000. Version 0.999.5 included a compiler, interpreter, library, documentation, and examples. Mailing list: <[email protected]>. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- ice block — a flavoured frozen water ice: in Australia and New Zealand, sometimes on a stick
- iceblinks — Plural form of iceblink.
- invokable — (computing) That can be invoked; callable.
- jailbreak — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- jet black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jet-black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- joe blake — a snake
- keel bone — carina.
- keelboats — Plural form of keelboat.
- kelp bass — a sea bass, Paralabrax clathratus, of southern California coastal waters, valued as a food and game fish.
- kelp crab — any of several spider crabs common among kelp beds along the Pacific coast of North America.
- kielbasas — Plural form of kielbasa.
- kilobytes — Plural form of kilobyte.
- kimberley — a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
- kitzbühel — a town in W Austria, in the Tirol: centre for winter sports. Pop: 8574 (2001)
- kneadable — Capable of being kneaded, or worked into a mass.
- kulebyaka — coulibiac.
- lake biel — a lake in NW Switzerland: remains of lake dwellings were discovered here in the 19th century. Area: 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
- leaseback — the disposal of a building, land, or other property to a buyer under special arrangements for simultaneously leasing it on a long-term basis to the original seller, usually with an option to renew the lease.
- lebkuchen — a hard, chewy or brittle Christmas cookie, usually flavored with honey and spices and containing nuts and citron.
- left back — a defending player on the left side of the field
- left bank — a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- leg break — a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.
- leg-break — a ball deviating to the off side from the leg side when bowled.
- lehmbruck — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1919, German sculptor.
- libeskind — Daniel. born 1946, US architect, born in Poland. Based in Berlin, he designed the Jewish Museum there (1999), the Imperial War Museum in Manchester (2000), and the "Freedom Tower" that will replace the World Trade Center in New York
- lockboxes — Plural form of lockbox.
- lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
- lyre back — a back of a chair or the like having a pierced splat in the form of a lyre, often with metal rods representing strings.