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12-letter words containing t, e, k

  • black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
  • black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
  • black stream — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.
  • black tongue — canine pellagra.
  • black velvet — a mixture of stout and champagne in equal proportions
  • black wattle — a small Australian acacia tree, A. mearnsii, with yellow flowers
  • black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
  • black-market — to black-marketeer.
  • blackhearted — wicked; evil
  • blanket bath — an all-over wash given to a person confined to bed
  • blanket roll — a blanket or sleeping bag rolled into a cylindrical pack for easy carrying and outdoor use by hikers, soldiers, cowboys, etc., often with cooking utensils, food, and personal articles carried inside.
  • blanket toss — a game in which a person is repeatedly tossed into the air and caught on an open blanket by a group of people who hold the blanket at its edges and stretch and relax it for each toss and catch.
  • blatherskite — a talkative silly person
  • bletherskate — a blatherer
  • blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
  • blitzkrieged — blitz (defs 1, 2, 5).
  • block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
  • block letter — a plain capital letter
  • block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
  • bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
  • boating lake — a lake in a park where rowing boats can be hired
  • book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder
  • book society — book club.
  • booklet pane — Philately. any of a number of panes or small pages of postage stamps, stapled together into a booklet for the convenience of users.
  • bottom break — a branch coming from the bottom of a plant stem, usually formed by pinching and disbudding.
  • bourke-white — Margaret. 1906–71, US photographer, a pioneer of modern photojournalism: noted esp for her coverage of World War II
  • bracket foot — a corner foot of a chest or the like joining the sides in a concave line.
  • bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
  • bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
  • brake assist — a part of a vehicle's braking system that automatically boosts braking pressure in an emergency situation
  • bread basket — If an area or region is described as the bread basket of a country, it provides a lot of the food for that country because crops grow very easily there. It therefore produces wealth for the country.
  • bread-basket — a basket or similar container for bread or rolls.
  • breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
  • breakweather — any makeshift shelter.
  • breaststroke — Breaststroke is a swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, moving your arms and legs horizontally in a circular motion.
  • breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
  • broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
  • broken water — a patch of water whose surface is rippled or choppy, usually surrounded by relatively calm water.
  • brush turkey — any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
  • buck private — a common soldier
  • bucket about — (esp of a boat in a storm) to toss or shake violently
  • bucket bench — a Pennsylvania Dutch dresser having a lower portion closed with doors for milk pails, an open shelf for water pails, and an upper section with shallow drawers.
  • bucket truck — a truck with an attached aerial lift or movable boom.
  • buffer stock — a stock of a commodity built up by a government or trade organization with the object of using it to stabilize prices
  • bushelbasket — a rounded basket with a capacity of one bushel
  • butter knife — a knife, often with a curved tip, used for picking up butter at a table
  • cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
  • cage cricket — a form of cricket played in an enclosed space, in which six players compete as individuals
  • caked breast — a painful hardening of one or more lobules of a lactating breast, caused by stagnation of milk in the secreting ducts and accumulation of blood in the expanded veins; stagnation mastitis.
  • camper truck — a pickup truck having a camper mounted on the truck body.
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