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15-letter words containing a, s, k, i

  • english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
  • 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.
  • family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
  • fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
  • fishhook cactus — a large cactus, Ferocactus wislizenii, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having hooked spines and red or yellow flowers.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • franklin's gull — a black-headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on insects.
  • 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
  • gaudier-brzeska — Henri (ɑ̃ri), original name Henri Gaudier. 1891–1915, French vorticist sculptor
  • german-speaking — able to speak German
  • 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-hicksPeggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
  • 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 one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
  • 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.
  • industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
  • investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
  • ivano-frankovsk — a city in W Ukraine, S of Lvov.
  • 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.
  • jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
  • kaibab squirrel — a nearly extinct tree squirrel, Sciurus kaibabensis, found only in a small area north of the Grand Canyon.
  • kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
  • kaleidoscopical — Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
  • kamensk-uralski — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains.
  • kangaroo island — an island in the Indian Ocean, off South Australia. Area: 4350 sq km (1680 sq miles)
  • keeling islands — Cocos Islands
  • kenai peninsula — peninsula in S Alas. between Cook Inlet & the main body of the Gulf of Alaska: c. 150 mi (241 km) long: site of one the world's largest ice fields
  • kentish tracery — tracery, originating in Kent in the 14th century, having cusps with split ends.
  • keyboard skills — ability to input information using a keyboard
  • kidasa software — (company)   A company which develops project management software for Microsoft Windows.
  • kincardineshire — a former county in E Scotland.
  • kindergarteners — a child who attends a kindergarten.
  • kindheartedness — The quality of being kindhearted.
  • kinesthetically — In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics.
  • king's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
  • kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
  • kissing disease — infectious mononucleosis.
  • kissing gourami — a whitish labyrinth fish, Helostoma temmincki, found in southeastern Asia, noted for the habit of pressing its fleshy, protrusible lips against those of another: often kept in aquariums.
  • kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
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