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14-letter words containing a, n, k, l

  • metallokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control metals.
  • middle-ranking — A middle-ranking person has a fairly important or responsible position in a particular organization, but is not one of the most important people in it.
  • milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
  • milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
  • milking parlor — a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.
  • mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
  • naked mole rat — a nearly hairless rodent, Heterocephalus glaber, of eastern African dry steppes and savannas, having two protruding upper and lower front teeth and living entirely underground in colonies, based on a single breeding female and specialized workers of both sexes.
  • naval barracks — a place where people in the Navy live
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
  • neural network — artificial neural network
  • nickel acetate — a green, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 6 NiO 4 , used chiefly in nickel-plating.
  • nickel-plating — the process of depositing a thin layer of nickel on a surface, usually by electrolysis
  • norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
  • norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
  • passion killer — something that is sexually unattractive or inhibiting
  • pearl necklace — jewelry: string of pearls
  • peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
  • penalty killer — a player used when the player's team is short-handed as a result of a penalty, especially a player skilled at defense and employed regularly in such situations.
  • penalty stroke — a stroke added to a score for a rule infraction.
  • permanent link — (web)   A URL that always points to the same piece of web content. Web pages that appear for a limited time at their main URL, such as web logs or news sites, often display an alternative, permanent link. Readers can quote, bookmark, or link to this URL in order to refer to a particular item, rather than the page displaying the latest item. For example, the URL http://news.bbc.co.uk/ points to the latest news from the BBC whereas http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/2614839.stm is a permanent link to a particular news story.
  • pink elephants — a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
  • pipeline break — (architecture)   (Or "pipeline stall") The delay caused on a processor using pipelines when a transfer of control is taken. Normally when a control-transfer instruction (a branch, conditional branch, call or trap) is taken, any following instructions which have been loaded into the processor's pipeline must be discarded or "flushed" and new instructions loaded from the branch destination. This introduces a delay before the processor can resume execution. "Delayed control-transfer" is a technique used to reduce this effect.
  • plain speaking — expressing oneself directly
  • platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
  • potamoplankton — plankton living in freshwater streams.
  • prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
  • ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
  • rangeley lakes — chain of lakes in W Me. & NE N.H.
  • rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
  • retail banking — banking for individual customers
  • rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
  • roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
  • roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
  • satellite link — a link between a transmitting station and a receiving station via an artificial satellite
  • screen blanker — screen saver
  • serial killing — multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons
  • shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
  • silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
  • skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
  • skeleton staff — the minimum staff needed by a company during a time where most staff do not normally work, such as a holiday, weekend, etc
  • skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
  • smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
  • snake mackerel — an elongate, deep-sea fish, Gempylus serpens, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having jutting jaws and strong teeth.
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