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13-letter words containing n, k

  • backformation — Alternative spelling of back-formation.
  • backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
  • backgrounding — Present participle of background.
  • backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
  • backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
  • backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
  • backing track — a recorded instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer or pop number
  • backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • backstitching — Present participle of backstitch.
  • backwardation — the difference between the spot price for a commodity, including rent and interest, and the forward price
  • baker's dozen — thirteen
  • baking powder — Baking powder is an ingredient used in cake making. It causes cakes to rise when they are in the oven.
  • balkan states — the countries of the Balkan Peninsula: the former Yugoslavian Republics, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, and the European part of Turkey
  • balkanization — If you disapprove of the division of a country into separate independent states, you can refer to the Balkanization of the country.
  • balloon chuck — a lathe chuck having the form of a hollow hemisphere, for enclosing and holding small parts, as balance staffs of watches, so that only their ends are exposed.
  • balloon clock — a bracket clock of the late 18th century, having a round dial on a short case with concave sides resting on bracket feet.
  • banister back — a back of a chair or the like, usually having semicircular spindles between the top rail and the cross rail or seat.
  • bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
  • bank examiner — a public official appointed under U.S. state or federal laws to inspect and audit the operations and accounts of banks in the examiner's jurisdiction.
  • bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
  • bank transfer — a payment between two bank accounts
  • banker's bill — a banknote
  • banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
  • banking house — a more formal term for a bank
  • bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
  • banzai attack — a mass attack of troops, without concern for casualties, as practised by the Japanese in World War II
  • barnsbreaking — noisy and exuberant activity; boisterous mischief-making
  • basement-rock — the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age.
  • basket dinner — a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.
  • basking shark — a very large plankton-eating shark, Cetorhinus maximus, often floating at the sea surface: family Cetorhinidae
  • bay of gdańsk — a wide inlet of the Baltic Sea on the N coast of Poland
  • be spoken for — If a person or thing is spoken for or has been spoken for, someone has claimed them or asked for them, so no-one else can have them.
  • beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beaking joint — a straight joint made by several members, as strips of flooring, ending at the same line.
  • bedtime drink — a drink before bed, often made with milk
  • bend the knee — to kneel or submit
  • berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
  • berkeley unix — Berkeley Software Distribution
  • beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
  • bewick's swan — a white Old World swan, Cygnus bewickii, having a black bill with a small yellow base
  • beyond a joke — If you say that an annoying or worrying situation is beyond a joke, you are emphasizing that it is worse than you think is fair or reasonable.
  • bikini briefs — a pair of men's or women's underpants that barely cover the groin area
  • bill-sticking — a person who posts bills and advertisements.
  • black and tan — a mixture of stout or porter and ale
  • black country — a district in the English Midlands, around Birmingham: so called from the soot and grime produced by the many local industries.
  • black currant — the small, round, blackish, edible fruit of a widely cultivated shrub, Ribes nigrum, of the saxifrage family.
  • black diamond — coal (sense 1)
  • black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
  • black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
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