14-letter words containing d, u, r, k
- adjutant stork — a large Indian stork, Leptoptilus dubius, having a pinkish-brown neck and bill, a large naked pouch under the throat, and a military gait.
- adventure park — a place offering a variety of outdoor entertainments involving physical challenges, esp for children
- bib and tucker — an outfit of clothes (esp in the phrase best bib and tucker)
- bucket brigade — a line of persons passing buckets of water along in trying to put out a fire
- builder's knot — clove hitch
- building works — construction projects
- counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.
- crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
- duck and drake — ducks and drakes (def 1).
- duck on a rock — a children's game in which one player stands guard over a stone on a rock while the other players attempt to knock it off by throwing another stone in turn: if the thrower is tagged by the guard while trying to recover the stone, the two players then change positions.
- dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
- dunkirk spirit — fortitude and stoicism in a demanding or dangerous situation
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
- four of a kind — a set of four cards of the same denominations.
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
- futtock shroud — any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.
- ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
- ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
- groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
- harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
- hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
- kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- quick-tempered — easily angered.
- rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
- ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- sock suspender — garter (def 1).
- speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
- straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
- trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
- turkey buzzard — turkey vulture.
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