0%

11-letter words containing a, k, e

  • oak leather — a thick sheet of mycelium occurring in decayed oak wood.
  • oathbreaker — Someone who breaks an oath.
  • office park — a complex of office buildings located on land planted with lawns, trees, bushes, etc.
  • on the make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
  • on the take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • oneida lake — a lake in central New York. 20 miles (32 km) long; 5 miles (8 km) wide.
  • open market — an unrestricted competitive market in which any buyer and seller is free to participate.
  • opera cloak — a large cloak worn over evening clothes
  • orange book — (security, standard)   A standard from the US Government National Computer Security Council (an arm of the U.S. National Security Agency), "Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, DOD standard 5200.28-STD, December 1985" which defines criteria for trusted computer products. There are four levels, A, B, C, and D. Each level adds more features and requirements. D is a non-secure system. C1 requires user log-on, but allows group ID. C2 requires individual log-on with password and an audit mechanism. (Most Unix implementations are roughly C1, and can be upgraded to about C2 without excessive pain). Levels B and A provide mandatory control. Access is based on standard Department of Defense clearances. B1 requires DOD clearance levels. B2 guarantees the path between the user and the security system and provides assurances that the system can be tested and clearances cannot be downgraded. B3 requires that the system is characterised by a mathematical model that must be viable. A1 requires a system characterized by a mathematical model that can be proven. See also crayola books, book titles.
  • other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
  • outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
  • outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
  • overblanket — a blanket that is placed on a bed on top of the other bedding
  • overpackage — to package excessively
  • oxygen mask — a masklike device placed or worn over the nose and mouth when inhaling supplementary oxygen from an attached tank.
  • oyster rake — a rake with a long handle and curved teeth for gathering in oysters from shallow waters
  • packet boat — a boat that travels a regular route, as along a coast or on a river, carrying passengers, freight, and mail
  • packet soup — soup supplied in dried form in a packet
  • pancake day — Christian calendar: Shrove Tuesday
  • pancake ice — newly formed ice in flat pieces too small and thin to obstruct navigation.
  • panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
  • paper knife — a small, often decorative, knifelike instrument with a blade of metal, ivory, wood, or the like, for slitting open envelopes, the leaves of books, folded papers, etc.
  • papermaking — the art or action of making paper
  • park avenue — a wide street in New York City traditionally associated with luxurious residential and professional buildings, fashionable living, and high society.
  • park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
  • park-keeper — A park-keeper is a person whose job is to look after a park.
  • park-miller — A pseudorandom number generation algorithm which was discredited by Marsaglia and Steve Sullivanin in the July 1993 CACM.
  • parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
  • partial key — (database)   A key which identifies a subset of a set of information items (e.g. database "records"), and which could narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were combined with it.
  • passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
  • pathbreaker — a person who blazes a trail or path; pathfinder.
  • pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
  • peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
  • peacekeeper — a person who maintains or restores peace and amity; mediator: Mother was the peacekeeper in our family.
  • peacemaking — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
  • peachy keen — peachy (def 2).
  • peachy-keen — peachy (def 2).
  • peacock ore — bornite.
  • peak demand — business: strong sales
  • peak period — the busiest or most popular time
  • peak season — busiest annual period
  • pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
  • pen and ink — A pen and ink drawing is done using a pen rather than a pencil.
  • penny black — the first adhesive postage stamp, issued in Britain in 1840; an imperforate stamp bearing the profile of Queen Victoria on a dark background
  • perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
  • pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
  • petrol tank — The petrol tank in a motor vehicle is the container for petrol.
  • phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
  • phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?