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16-letter words containing d, k

  • ceske budejovice — a city in the S Czech Republic, on the Vltava (Moldau) River. Pop: 94 747 (2007 est)
  • checking deposit — a deposit on which cheques may be drawn
  • chiclet keyboard — (hardware, abuse)   A keyboard with a small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of Chiclets chewing gum. Used especially to describe the original IBM PCjr keyboard. Vendors unanimously liked these because they were cheap, and a lot of early portable and laptop computers were launched with them. Customers rejected the idea with almost equal unanimity, and chiclets are not often seen on anything larger than a digital watch any more.
  • childcare worker — someone who takes care of children in return for money
  • class background — a person's background with reference to social class
  • cloak-and-dagger — A cloak-and-dagger activity is one which involves mystery and secrecy.
  • cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
  • common knowledge — something widely or generally known
  • concatenated key — compound key
  • confidence trick — A confidence trick is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true, often to trick you out of money.
  • cook-chill foods — foods which are chilled rapidly and reheated as required
  • cracked fraction — A cracked fraction is a petroleum fraction (= a portion separated according to a physical property) that has been broken down from a fraction with larger molecules.
  • cracked up to be — alleged or believed to be
  • crowd one's luck — to take unnecessary risks in an already favorable situation
  • dakin's solution — a dilute solution containing sodium hypochlorite and boric acid, used as an antiseptic in the treatment of wounds
  • dakota territory — a territory in the N central U.S., from 1861 to 1868 comprising present-day North Dakota and South Dakota, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
  • dark of the moon — the period during which the moon is not visible.
  • dark-side hacker — (jargon, legal)   A criminal or malicious hacker; a cracker. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced by the dark side of the Force". The implication that hackers form a sort of elite of technological Jedi Knights is intended. Opposite: samurai.
  • day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
  • dead man walking — a condemned man walking from his prison cell to a place of execution
  • desktop database — Macintosh file system
  • development bank — A development bank is a bank that provides money for projects in poor countries or areas.
  • diacritical mark — any of various marks, as a macron or cedilla, added to a letter or symbol to indicate its pronunciation or to distinguish it in some way
  • diamondback moth — a small moth Plutella xylostella that has diamond-shaped markings on the underside of its front wings that are visible when the wings are folded
  • dick whittington — Richard ("Dick") 1358?–1423, English merchant and philanthropist: Lord Mayor of London 1398, 1406–07, 1419–20.
  • dictionary-maker — a person who compiles a dictionary
  • direct free kick — a free kick awarded to a team as the result of a foul by an opposing player and from which a goal can be scored directly, without the ball being touched by another player.
  • direct marketing — marketing direct to the consumer, as by direct mail or coupon advertising.
  • discovered check — a check that is effected by moving an intervening piece from the line of attack of a queen, rook, or bishop.
  • dneprodzerzhinsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
  • do like a dinner — to do for, overpower, or outdo
  • dome of the rock — a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God: built on the site of the Jewish Temple.
  • downy woodpecker — a small, North American woodpecker, Picoides pubescens, having black and white plumage.
  • drinking problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
  • drinking-up time — (in Britain) a short time allowed for finishing drinks before closing time in a public house
  • drug trafficking — smuggling illegal drugs
  • drunkard's chair — a low, deep armchair of the 18th century.
  • ducks and drakes — Also, duck and drake. a pastime in which flat stones or shells are thrown across water so as to skip over the surface several times before sinking.
  • ducktail-haircut — DA.
  • dynamic markings — directions and symbols used to indicate degrees of loudness
  • eastern kingbird — any of several American tyrant flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus, especially T. tyrannus (eastern kingbird) of North America, known for their pugnacious disposition toward predators.
  • educational park — a group of elementary and high schools, usually clustered in a parklike setting and having certain facilities shared by all grades, that often accommodates students from a large area.
  • embarkation card — an official document that allows travellers to leave a country by boarding a ship or plane
  • falkland islands — disputed islands in Atlantic Ocean
  • feedback control — (electronics)   A control system which monitors its effect on the system it is controlling and modifies its output accordingly. For example, a thermostat has two inputs: the desired temperature and the current temperature (the latter is the feedback). The output of the thermostat changes so as to try to equalise the two inputs. Computer disk drives use feedback control to position the read/write heads accurately on a recording track. Complex systems such as the human body contain many feedback systems that interact with each other; the homeostasis mechanisms that control body temperature and acidity are good examples.
  • ferruginous duck — a common European duck, Aythyra nyroca, having reddish-brown plumage with white wing bars
  • firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
  • first-aid worker — someone who is trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
  • fishskin disease — ichthyosis
  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
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