15-letter words containing a, s, k, e
- 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.
- czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
- decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
- delmonico steak — club steak
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- diadochokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- diadochokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- dog's breakfast — a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge.
- english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
- eureka stockade — a violent incident in Ballarat, Australia, in 1854 between gold miners and the military, as a result of which the miners won their democratic rights in the state parliament
- expression mark — one of a set of musical directions, usually in Italian, indicating how a piece or passage is to be performed
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
- farmers' market — a market or group of stalls and booths where farmers and sometimes other vendors sell their products directly to consumers.
- fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
- fitness tracker — a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.
- for pity's sake — You can say for pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
- for the sake of — for the good of
- forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
- frankensteinian — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- franklin square — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- french-speaking — able to speak French
- funny handshake — an elaborate handshake, indicating that someone belongs to a certain social group, etc
- garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
- gaudier-brzeska — Henri (ɑ̃ri), original name Henri Gaudier. 1891–1915, French vorticist sculptor
- german-speaking — able to speak German
- gesamtkunstwerk — total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.
- give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
- give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
- glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
- great salt lake — a shallow salt lake in NW Utah. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km); 80 miles (130 km) long; maximum depth 60 feet (18 meters).
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- hard disk drive — (storage) (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
- harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
- have a smack at — to attempt
- have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
- heartbrokenness — The state or quality of being heartbroken.
- hyperanakinesia — abnormally active mechanical movement, especially of the stomach or intestine.
- in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
- jackass penguin — any of several boldly marked black and white penguins of the genus Spheniscus, especially S. demersus, of southern Africa, with a call resembling a donkey's bray.
- jayhawker state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- kaffeeklatscher — a person who participates, especially regularly, in a kaffee klatsch.
- kaffeeklatsches — Plural form of kaffeeklatsch.