13-letter words containing t, b, k
- chukka (boot) — an ankle-high bootlike shoe, usually with two or three pairs of eyelets
- clinker-built — (of a boat or ship) having a hull constructed with each plank overlapping that below
- clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
- coaster brake — a brake on a bicycle that engages when the pedals are turned in reverse
- combat jacket — a military-style jacket, usually khaki, olive green, or with camouflage colours
- constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
- cricket table — a three-legged table of the Jacobean period.
- cross-buttock — a wrestling throw in which the hips are used as a fulcrum to throw an opponent
- curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
- cyberstalkers — Plural form of cyberstalker.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- disembarkment — to go ashore from a ship.
- double tackle — a pulley system using blocks having two grooved wheels.
- double wicket — cricket in which two wickets are used, being the usual form of the game.
- east kilbride — an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in S Scotland. 1300 sq. mi. (3367 sq. km).
- fast-breaking — (of a news story) occurring suddenly, and often portending a series of events or further developments in rapid succession.
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- garbage truck — lorry that collects refuse
- heartbreakers — Plural form of heartbreaker.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- hit the books — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- honest broker — a neutral person or organization that mediates disputes; an impartial mediator.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- internet bank — a bank that allows customers to conduct business online, esp exclusively so
- jebel toubkal — a mountain in SW Morocco: highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. 13,671 feet (4167 meters).
- jesuit's bark — cinchona (def 2).
- judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
- keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
- keep sb sweet — If you keep someone sweet, you do something to please them in order to prevent them from becoming annoyed or dissatisfied.
- kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
- kettle-bottom — noting a wide, flat-bottomed hull formerly used for merchant sailing vessels.
- khapra beetle — a tiny cosmopolitan beetle, Trogoderma granarium, that is a pest of stored grain and other dried organic matter.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- kirkcudbright — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- know by heart — have memorized
- know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- labour market — When you talk about the labour market, you are referring to all the people who are able to work and want jobs in a country or area, in relation to the number of jobs there are available in that country or area.
- lake manitoba — a lake in W Canada, in S Manitoba: fed by the outflow from Lake Winnipegosis; drains into Lake Winnipeg. Area: 4706 sq km (1817 sq miles)
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- lumber jacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- lumberjackets — Plural form of lumberjacket.
- mackinaw boat — a flat-bottomed boat with sharp prow and square stern, propelled by oars and sometimes sails, formerly widely used on the upper Great Lakes.
- market basket — a basket or cart for groceries.
- marketability — readily salable.
- merchant bank — a private banking firm engaged chiefly in investing in new issues of securities and in accepting bills of exchange in foreign trade.
- mortise block — a block having a shell cut from a single piece of wood.
- mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.