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15-letter words containing a, k, e, r

  • kreutzer sonata — a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
  • kronecker delta — a function of two variables, i and j, which equals 1 when the variables have the same value, i = j, and equals 0 when the variables have different values, i ≠ j.
  • lake miraflores — an artificial lake in Panama, in the S Canal Zone of the Panama Canal
  • lake-of-lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
  • leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
  • leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
  • leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
  • like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
  • linear-tracking — (of a tone arm) designed to move across a phonograph record in a straight line, instead of an arc, so that as the needle tracks the groove, its orientation remains unchanged.
  • local is lekker — popular slogan promoting South African culture, produce, etc
  • look daggers at — to look at with anger or hatred
  • loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
  • mackerel breeze — a strong breeze
  • mackinac bridge — a suspension bridge over the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan: one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. 3800-foot (1158-meter) center span; 7400 feet (2256 meters) in total length.
  • make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
  • make a long arm — to reach out for something, as from a sitting position
  • make a play for — to act the part of (a person or character) in a dramatic performance; portray: to play Lady Macbeth.
  • make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
  • make it hot for — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
  • make one's mark — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • make the effort — try
  • make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • make tracks for — to go or head towards
  • make-up remover — a substance that you use to remove make-up from your face
  • marek's disease — a contagious cancerous disease of poultry, caused by a herpesvirus and characterized by proliferation of lymphoid cells and paralysis of a limb or the neck.
  • marianske lazne — a spa in W Bohemia, in the W Czech Republic. 18,510.
  • market analysis — the process of determining factors, conditions, and characteristics of a market.
  • market research — investigation into consumers' needs
  • market-research — to conduct market research on.
  • markup language — a set of standards, as HTML or SGML, used to create an appropriate markup scheme for an electronic document, as to indicate its structure or format.
  • marriage broker — a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
  • massapequa park — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • megalokaryocyte — Megakaryocyte.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • merchant banker — A merchant banker is someone who works for a merchant bank.
  • microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
  • mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
  • mitigate a risk — If something or someone mitigates a risk, they make the effects of a loss or risk less unpleasant, harmful, or serious.
  • mock pennyroyal — pennyroyal (def 2).
  • molecular clock — the changes in the amino acid sequences of proteins that take place during evolution and speciation, and from which the dates of branchings of taxonomic groups can be deduced.
  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
  • mortgage broker — agent who matches house buyer with mortgage lender
  • narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
  • nark at someone — to nag someone
  • neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
  • network address — (networking)   1. The network portion of an IP address. For a class A network, the network address is the first byte of the IP address. For a class B network, the network address is the first two bytes of the IP address. For a class C network, the network address is the first three bytes of the IP address. In each case, the remainder is the host address. In the Internet, assigned network addresses are globally unique. See also subnet address, Internet Registry. 2. (Or "net address") An electronic mail address on the network. In the 1980s this might have been a bang path but now (1997) it is nearly always a domain address. Such an address is essential if one wants to be to be taken seriously by hackers; in particular, persons or organisations that claim to understand, work with, sell to, or recruit from among hackers but *don't* display net addresses are quietly presumed to be clueless poseurs and mentally flushed. Hackers often put their net addresses on their business cards and wear them prominently in contexts where they expect to meet other hackers face-to-face (e.g. science-fiction fandom). This is mostly functional, but is also a signal that one identifies with hackerdom (like lodge pins among Masons or tie-dyed T-shirts among Grateful Dead fans). Net addresses are often used in e-mail text as a more concise substitute for personal names; indeed, hackers may come to know each other quite well by network names without ever learning each others' real monikers. See also sitename, domainist.
  • neural networks — any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.
  • never look back — to become increasingly successful
  • newark-on-trent — a town in N central England, in Nottinghamshire. Pop: 35 454 (2001)
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