14-letter words containing s, a, b, k
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
- saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- salary bracket — a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
- screen blanker — screen saver
- sergeant baker — a large brightly-coloured fish of the genus Latropiscis, found in temperate reef waters of Australasia
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
- shock absorber — a device for damping sudden and rapid motion, as the recoil of a spring-mounted object from shock.
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- skin and bones — a condition or state of extreme thinness, usually the result of malnutrition; emaciation: Anorexia had reduced her to skin and bones.
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- square bracket — bracket (def 3).
- 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.
- steamer basket — a gift basket of fruit, sweets, and the like, often including champagne, sent to a person departing on a trip, especially by ship.
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- strike-breaker — A strike-breaker is a person who continues to work during a strike, or someone who takes over the work of a person who is on strike.
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- take liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
- take sb's life — If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves.
- 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.
- the all blacks — the international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- the joe blakes — the DT's
- 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 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.
- tunguska basin — large coal basin in central Siberia, between the Yenisei & Lena rivers: it is drained by three rivers, the Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska, & Upper Tunguska (usually called the Angara River), which flow west into the Yenisei
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
- vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
- wrecker's ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.