15-letter words containing a, r, k, s
- a king's ransom — If you refer to a sum of money as a king's ransom, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
- airmail sticker — a sticker that is put on airmail letters to make sure they are not sent by surface mail
- al iskandariyah — Alexandria , Egypt
- al-iskandariyah — Arabic name of Alexandria.
- alaska purchase — purchase of the territory of Alaska by the U.S. from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. Compare Seward's Folly.
- all-risk policy — An all-risk policy is an insurance policy that covers all loss or damage however it is caused, apart from any stated exceptions.
- antilock brakes — brakes fitted to some road vehicles that prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
- back-scratching — a reciprocal exchange of favors, aid, or compliments
- backseat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
- backup software — (tool, software) Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. It may include its own scheduling function to automate the procedure or, preferably, work with generic scheduling facilities. It may include facilities for managing the backup media (e.g. maintaining an index of tapes) and for restoring files from backups. Examples are Unix's dump command and Windows's ntbackup.
- bad housekeeper — a person who is not an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
- barn-door skate — an Atlantic skate, Raja laevis, that grows to a length of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more.
- barracks lawyer — a member of the armed forces who speaks or acts like an authority on military law, regulations, and the rights of service personnel.
- berkeley castle — a castle in Gloucestershire: scene of the murder of Edward II in 1327
- beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
- big sandy creek — a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- black raspberry — a plant, Rubus occidentalis, of E North America, that has black berry-like fruits
- black sea bream — a sparid fish, Spondyliosoma cantharus, found in N Europe and the Mediterranean
- black september — a Palestinian Terrorist group, responsible for the assassinations of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games at Munich in 1972
- black snakeroot — a tall bugbane, Cimicifuga racemosa, of the buttercup family, of eastern North America, having thin, tapering, toothed or deeply cut leaflets and branched clusters of small, white flowers.
- blackberry bush — a bush on which blackberries grow
- brackett series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- break statement — (programming) A statement in the C programming language that transfers control out of the innermost enclosing switch, while, do, or for statement. The statement also exists in languages derived from C, such as C++ and Java.
- breakfast table — You refer to a table as the breakfast table when it is being used for breakfast.
- breaking strain — the amount of strain that, if applied to a particular material, will cause it to break
- brushback pitch — a fast ball deliberately thrown at or too near a batter's head
- buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
- bullock's heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
- bullock's-heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
- calculated risk — a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
- camelback truss — a roof truss having upper and lower chords curving upward from a common point at each side.
- cashier's check — A cashier's check is one which a cashier signs and which is drawn on a bank's own funds.
- characteristick — Obsolete form of characteristic.
- charles dickens — Charles (John Huf·fam) [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/ (Show IPA), ("Boz") 1812–70, English novelist.
- charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
- classical greek — the form of Greek used in classical literature, especially the literary Attic Greek of the 5th and 4th centuries b.c.
- clear the decks — to prepare for action, as by removing obstacles from a field of activity or combat
- cloak-and-sword — (of a drama or work of fiction) dealing with characters who wear cloaks and swords; concerned with the customs and romance of the nobility in bygone times.
- cocktail shaker — a container in which cocktails are mixed
- consumer market — the market of consumers for a particular good or service
- contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
- corkscrew grass — a variety of spear grass, Austrostipa scabra, native to Australia, having very fine foliage, an erect seed head, and awns that twist up the seed head: family Poaceae
- coxsackie virus — any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis
- cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
- cracked residue — Cracked residue is the substance that is left when hydrocarbons in fuel have decomposed during thermal or catalytic cracking.
- creatine kinase — an enzyme that, during muscular activity, catalyzes the transfer of a phosphoryl group from phosphocreatine in muscle to produce ATP.
- crispus attucks — Crispus [kris-puh s] /ˈkrɪs pəs/ (Show IPA), 1723?–70, American patriot, probably a fugitive slave, killed in the Boston Massacre.
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