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10-letter words containing b, e, k

  • blue dicks — a plant, Dichelostemma pulchellum, of the amaryllis family, common on the western coast of the U.S., having headlike clusters of blue flowers.
  • blue shark — a shark of the species Prionace glauca, found in temperate and tropical waters
  • blue-black — Something that is blue-black is bluish black in colour.
  • bluejacket — a sailor in the Navy
  • blues-rock — a blend of rock-'n'-roll and blues.
  • body check — the fair block of an opponent who has the puck by bumping with the body, shoulder to hip, from the front or side
  • bodyworker — a person involved in the building or repair of bodywork
  • bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
  • bomb ketch — Nautical. a ketch-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, carrying heavy mortars for firing bombs.
  • bone black — a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
  • boneshaker — an early type of bicycle having solid tyres and no springs
  • bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
  • book cover — the cover of a book
  • book louse — any of various small, usually wingless, insects (order Psocoptera) that infest and destroy old books
  • book lover — a person who enjoys reading and reads more than the average person
  • book price — the value of a car as defined by the manufacturers or other accredited organization
  • book share — a share of a mutual fund credited to the account of a shareholder without the physical issuance of a certificate evidencing ownership.
  • book token — a gift token to be exchanged for books
  • book value — In business, the book value of an asset is the value it is given in the account books of the company that owns it.
  • book-ended — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
  • bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
  • bookkeeper — A bookkeeper is a person whose job is to keep an accurate record of the money that is spent and received by a business or other organization.
  • bookmarked — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
  • bookmobile — a vehicle providing lending library facilities
  • bookreader — DEC's CD-ROM-based on-line documentation browser.
  • bookseller — A bookseller is a person who sells books.
  • bookviewer — A hypertext documentation system from Oracle based on Oracle Toolkit. It allows the user to create private links and bookmarks, and to make multimedia annotations.
  • boondocker — combat boot.
  • bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
  • borah peak — a mountain in central Idaho, in the Lost River Range: highest peak in Idaho. 12,662 feet (3861 meters).
  • boris bike — any bicycle rented out by London's public bicycle hire scheme
  • bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
  • boullework — elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.
  • bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
  • bousingken — a drinking house frequented by thieves or other disreputable characters
  • brace jack — a triangular piece of wood used for propping up scenery from behind.
  • bracketing — a set of brackets
  • brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
  • brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
  • brake drum — the cast-iron drum attached to the hub of a wheel of a motor vehicle fitted with drum brakes
  • brake fade — a gradual loss of braking power resulting from decreased friction between the lining and the drum or disc of the brake and usually caused by overheating.
  • brake shoe — the curved metal casting to which the brake lining is riveted in a drum brake
  • brake-fade — the decrease in efficiency of braking of a motor vehicle due to overheating of the brakes
  • brass neck — effrontery; nerve
  • breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
  • breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
  • break away — If you break away from someone who is trying to hold you or catch you, you free yourself and run away.
  • break bulk — of or relating to packaged cargo, usually manufactured goods, that is marked for individual consignees and has to be loaded and unloaded piece by piece at each point of transfer. Compare bulk1 (def 3), containerization.
  • break camp — to pack up equipment and leave a camp
  • break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
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