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10-letter words containing t, b, k

  • promptbook — a copy of the script of a play, containing cues and notes, used by the prompter, stage manager, etc.
  • rabbitlike — Similar to a rabbit.
  • riebeckite — an amphibolic mineral, silicate of sodium and iron, occurring usually in feldspathoid rocks.
  • right bank — a part of Paris, France, on the N bank of the Seine.
  • rustbucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
  • shikibuton — futon.
  • shock tube — an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules
  • skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • sketchable — suitable for being sketched.
  • sketchbook — Also, sketchpad. a book or pad of drawing paper for sketches.
  • slab track — a railroad track in which the rails are attached to and supported by a bed or slab, usually of concrete.
  • stake boat — an anchored boat to which barges or other boats are temporarily moored.
  • stake body — an open truck body having a platform with sockets at the edge into which upright stakes may be placed to form a fence around a load.
  • stand back — retreat, stay at a distance
  • state bank — a bank chartered by a state and operated under the banking laws of that state.
  • sticky bun — honey bun (def 1).
  • stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
  • stink ball — stinkpot (def 1).
  • stink bomb — a small glass globe, used by practical jokers: it releases a liquid with an offensive smell when broken
  • stock book — a permanent record of the capital stock of a corporation, listing the names and addresses of the stockholders, the number of the shares owned, the serial numbers of their stock certificates, etc.
  • stock cube — bouillon cube used for gravy, etc.
  • stonebreak — any of a variety of plants in the genus Saxifraga
  • storksbill — Also called heron's-bill. any of various plants belonging to the genus Erodium, of the geranium family, having deeply lobed leaves, loose clusters of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers, and long, slender fruit.
  • strongbark — any of the several tropical American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Bourreria, of the borage family, especially B. ovata, of southern Florida and the West Indies, having elliptic leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
  • swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
  • switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
  • table talk — informal conversation at meals.
  • take a bow — to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
  • take aback — to astonish or disconcert
  • talk about — expressing disgust or emphasis
  • tankbuster — an aircraft, missile, etc designed to destroy tanks
  • tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
  • tea basket — a lunch basket or picnic hamper.
  • test blank — a typed or printed test form containing questions or tasks to be responded to.
  • tewkesbury — a town in N Gloucestershire, in W England: final defeat of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses 1471.
  • the breaks — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
  • the buskin — tragic drama
  • think back — try to remember
  • throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • thumbikins — thumbscrews
  • tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
  • tiebreaker — a system for breaking a tie score at the end of regulation play by establishing a winner through special additional play, usually of a fairly short duration, as in tennis and soccer.
  • timberjack — a person whose occupation is logging; logger.
  • timberlake — Justin. born 1981, US pop singer; a member of the boy band NSYNC, he later found success with the bestselling solo album Justified (2002)
  • timberwork — structural work formed of timbers.
  • tonka bean — the fragrant, black almond-shaped seed of a tall tree belonging to the genus Dipteryx (or Coumarouna), of the legume family, especially D. odorata, of tropical South America, used in perfumes, as a source of coumarin, and as a substitute for vanilla.
  • trace back — identify origin, owner
  • trade book — a book designed for the general public and available through an ordinary book dealer, as distinguished from a limited-edition book, textbook, mass market paperback, etc.
  • trail bike — off-road motorcycle
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