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15-letter words containing c, l, i, n, k

  • 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.
  • balanced ticket — a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.
  • bateau neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
  • beginner's luck — the initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit, as a sport or game: Catching a large trout the first time you go fishing is simply beginner's luck.
  • bishop auckland — a town in N England, in central Durham: seat of the bishops of Durham since the 12th century: light industries. Pop: 24 764 (2001)
  • black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
  • black mountains — a mountain range running from N Monmouthshire and SE Powys (Wales) to SW Herefordshire (England). Highest peak: Waun Fach, 811 m (2660 ft)
  • black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
  • black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
  • blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
  • california mink — cacomistle.
  • cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
  • central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
  • charles dickensCharles (John Huf·fam) [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/ (Show IPA), ("Boz") 1812–70, English novelist.
  • chicken cholera — fowl cholera.
  • chicken colonel — an officer with the rank of full colonel
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chicken-livered — timid; fearful; cowardly.
  • cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • cinderella book — (publication)   "Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation", by John Hopcroft and Jeffrey Ullman, (Addison-Wesley, 1979). So called because the cover depicts a girl (putatively Cinderella) sitting in front of a Rube Goldberg device and holding a rope coming out of it. On the back cover, the device is in shambles after she has (inevitably) pulled on the rope. See also book titles.
  • cocktail lounge — A cocktail lounge is a room in a hotel, restaurant, or club where you can buy alcoholic drinks.
  • collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
  • commercial bank — a bank primarily concerned with accepting demand deposits, used as checking accounts
  • contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
  • contract killer — a person hired to commit a murder
  • czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
  • deflection yoke — an assembly of one or more coils through which a controlled current is passed to produce a magnetic field for deflecting a beam of electrons, as in a picture tube.
  • delmonico steak — club steak
  • disk controller — (hardware, storage)   (Or "hard disk controller", HDC) The circuit which allows the CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive. The most common disk controllers in use are IDE and SCSI controllers. Most home personal computers use IDE controllers. High end PCs, workstations and network file servers mostly have SCSI adaptors.
  • drilling jacket — A drilling jacket is a small steel platform used for drilling wells in shallow and calm water.
  • electrokinetics — the branch of physics concerned with the motion of charged particles
  • electronic book — An electronic book is the same as an e-book.
  • emotional wreck — a person who is feeling very sad, confused, or desperate because of something bad that has happened to them
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • filemaker, inc. — (company)   The company that distributes the FileMaker database. FileMaker, Inc. was previously known as Claris and was renamed after a restructuring in January 1998.
  • franklin pierceFranklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
  • glanville-hicksPeggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
  • goldilocks zone — a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets: Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.
  • holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
  • killer instinct — If you say that a sports player or politician has the killer instinct, you admire them for their toughness and determination to succeed.
  • kinesthetically — In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics.
  • kitchen utensil — a utensil intended for use in a kitchen, such as a chopping board, saucepan, or knife
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • lick one's lips — to anticipate or recall something with glee or relish
  • linear-tracking — (of a tone arm) designed to move across a phonograph record in a straight line, instead of an arc, so that as the needle tracks the groove, its orientation remains unchanged.

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