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11-letter words containing a, k, d

  • pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
  • prajadhipok — 1893–1941, king of Siam 1925–35.
  • prepackaged — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
  • prick-eared — British. Informal. (of a man) having the hair cut short. Archaic. following or sympathetic to the Puritans or Roundheads. Archaic. priggish.
  • pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
  • quarterdeck — the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel.
  • quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
  • radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
  • radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
  • raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
  • random walk — Statistics. the path taken by a point or quantity that moves in steps, where the direction of each step is determined randomly.
  • rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
  • ringstraked — ring-streaked.
  • road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
  • rock garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
  • rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
  • rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
  • rock-garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
  • round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
  • ruda slaska — a city in S Poland, NW of Katowice.
  • saddle back — any of various animals having markings on the back that resemble a saddle, as a male harp seal.
  • saint kilda — a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic, in the Outer Hebrides: uninhabited since 1930; bird sanctuary
  • sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
  • sandia peak — a mountain in N central New Mexico in the Sandia Mountains. 10,678 feet (3255 meters).
  • say kaddish — to be a mourner
  • sealed book — something beyond understanding and therefore unknown.
  • shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
  • shake hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
  • shockheaded — having a shock or thick mass of hair on the head.
  • sidetracked — any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
  • skidbladnir — the huge collapsible ship, made by two dwarfs for Frey, that always had a favoring wind.
  • slack-baked — improperly baked.
  • slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
  • slaked lime — another name for calcium hydroxide, esp when made by adding water to calcium oxide
  • smart drink — a nonalcoholic beverage with added amino acids and vitamins claimed to increase energy, improve memory, and boost intelligence.
  • smoked meat — animal flesh cooked by smoking
  • snake dance — a ceremonial dance, performed by the priests of the American Hopi Indians, in which live snakes are held in the mouth
  • snake-dance — to perform a snake dance.
  • sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
  • sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
  • spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
  • speed brake — a flap on an aircraft wing used to decrease speed in flight in preparation for landing.
  • speed freak — an addict or habitual user of amphetamines, methamphetamines, or similar stimulating drugs.
  • speed skate — racing skate.
  • stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
  • stark naked — Someone who is stark naked is completely naked.
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