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13-letter words containing a, l, k, e

  • a closed book — If you say that someone or something is a closed book, you mean that you do not know anything about them.
  • achilles jerk — a downward reflex action of the foot when the Achilles tendon is tapped, caused by contraction of the calf muscles.
  • acknowledging — Present participle of acknowledg.
  • aerial tanker — an aircraft used to transport fuel or water
  • aleksandropol — a former name of Gumri.
  • aleksandrovsk — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
  • alkaline soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of 8.5 or above, found esp in dry areas where the soluble salts, esp of sodium, have not been leached away but have accumulated in the B horizon of the soil profile
  • alkane series — the homologous series of saturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons having the general formula C n H 2n+2 , as methane, CH 4 , or ethane, C 2 H 6 .
  • alkene series — the homologous series of unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons containing one double bond and having the general formula C n H 2n , as ethylene, H 2 C=CH 2 .
  • alpha blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the alpha receptors.
  • alpha-blocker — any of a class of drugs that prevent the stimulation of alpha adrenoceptors, a type of receptor in the sympathetic nervous system, by adrenaline and noradrenaline and that therefore cause widening of blood vessels: used in the treatment of high blood pressure and prostatic hyperplasia
  • alsike clover — a European clover, Trifolium hybridum, having pink flowers, grown in the U.S. for forage.
  • angle bracket — either of a pair of brackets having the shapes < and >
  • angle of bank — the angle between the lateral axis of an aircraft in flight and the horizontal
  • aniline black — the black dye obtained by the oxidation of aniline hydrochloride, used for dyeing textiles, especially cotton.
  • anticlockwise — If something is moving anticlockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
  • apple-cheeked — having rosy cheeks; ruddy
  • apple-knocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.
  • arshile gorky — Arshile [ahr-sheel] /ˈɑr ʃil/ (Show IPA), (Vosdanig Adoian) 1904–48, American painter, born in Armenia.
  • asylum seeker — An asylum seeker is a person who is trying to get asylum in a foreign country.
  • atka mackerel — a commercially important ocean greenling (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) of the northern Pacific, esp. the area off the Aleutian Islands
  • automatonlike — Like an automaton; robotic.
  • back walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
  • back-end load — the final charges of commission and expenses made by an investment trust, insurance policy, etc, when the investor is paid out
  • backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
  • bakewell tart — an open tart having a pastry base and a layer of jam and filled with almond-flavoured sponge cake
  • balkan states — the countries of the Balkan Peninsula: the former Yugoslavian Republics, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, and the European part of Turkey
  • ball the jack — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
  • banker's bill — a banknote
  • basket clause — an all-inclusive or comprehensive clause in a contract
  • basket flower — a composite plant, Centaurea americana, of central U.S. to Mexico, having raylike heads of tubular rose-colored flowers, each surrounded by a whorl of bracts making the flower head appear as if it is set in a basket.
  • battle jacket — a closefitting jacket reaching to the waist
  • beaked salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • beaked-salmon — sandfish (def 2).
  • berkeleianism — the philosophical system of George Berkeley, holding that objects exist only when perceived, that God's perception sustains the universe, and that there is no independent substratum or substance in which these perceptions inhere
  • berkeley yacc — (tool)   (byacc, previously Zeus, then Zoo) Probably the best variant of the Yacc parser generator. Written by Robert Corbett <[email protected]>.
  • beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
  • bielsko-biala — a city in S Poland.
  • bielsko-biała — a town in S Poland: created in 1951 by the union of Bielsko and Biała Krakowska; a leading textile centre since the 16th century. Pop: 356 000 (2005 est)
  • black crappie — a dark, spotted crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
  • black disease — an infectious necrotic hepatitis in sheep and occasionally cattle caused by toxins produced by infection with species of Clostridial. Secondary to liver fluke infestation, the disease is characterized by sudden death. So-called because of the black discolouration of subcutaneous tissues due to congestion and haemorrhage seen at post-mortem
  • black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
  • black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
  • black margate — a grayish grunt, Anisotremus surinamensis, of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil.
  • black measles — a severe form of measles characterized by dark eruptions caused by bleeding under the skin
  • black panther — (in the US) a member of a militant Black political party (1965–82) founded to end the political dominance of White people
  • black quarter — blackleg (def 1).
  • black section — (in Britain in the 1980s) an unofficial group within the Labour Party in any constituency that represented the interests of local Black people
  • black skimmer — a black and white New World skimmer, Rynchops nigra, having a bill with a reddish-orange base.
  • black studies — a program of studies in black history and culture offered by a school or college, often including Afro-American history and black literature.

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