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12-letter words containing d, a, i, k

  • ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
  • latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
  • leading mark — either of two conspicuous objects regarded as points on a line (leading line) upon which a vessel can sail a safe course.
  • like a dream — If you say that someone does something like a dream, you think that they do it very well. If you say that something happens like a dream, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.
  • linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
  • madeira cake — a kind of rich sponge cake
  • mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
  • make friends — get to know people
  • make inroads — If one thing makes inroads into another, the first thing starts affecting or destroying the second.
  • mark reading — the function performed by an optical mark reader
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
  • multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
  • nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
  • optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
  • packet radio — (communications, radio)   The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
  • pale-skinned — having pale skin
  • pick and mix — a selection of sweets from which the customer can choose, paid for by weight
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
  • radar picket — a ship, vehicle, or aircraft stationed at a distance from a protected force to increase radar detection range.
  • reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
  • reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
  • reading week — university: week-long break from classes
  • richard korf — (person)   A Professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard Korf received his B.S. from MIT in 1977, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1980 and 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he served as Herbert M. Singer Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Dr. Korf studies problem-solving, heuristic search and planning in artificial intelligence. He wrote "Learning to Solve Problems by Searching for Macro-Operators" (Pitman, 1985). He serves on the editorial boards of Artificial Intelligence, and the Journal of Applied Intelligence. Dr. Korf is the recipient of several awards and is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
  • rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
  • sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
  • scratch disk — 1.   (storage)   See scratch. 2.   (operating system)   Unallocated space on Windows 95's primary hard disk partition, used for virtual memory. Shortage of space on this partition can result in the error "scratch disk full".
  • semidarkness — partial darkness.
  • send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
  • sikandarabad — Secunderabad.
  • skin disease — condition affecting the skin
  • snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
  • speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
  • tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
  • tadzhikistan — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
  • take in hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • takeover bid — offer to buy a company
  • talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
  • thank kindly — to thank heartily
  • third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • trial docket — docket (def 1).
  • trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  • truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
  • umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
  • undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
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