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13-letter words containing e, a, k

  • called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
  • camel cricket — cave cricket.
  • candidate key — (database)   One of several possible attributes or combinations of attributes which can be used to uniquely identify a body of information (a "record"). The chosen candidate key is called the primary key.
  • candlewicking — a kind of embroidery used for a bedspread, tablecloth, or pillow cover, patterned with French knots of candlewick embroidery thread or yarn
  • caribbee bark — the bark of any of various tropical American and Caribbean rubiaceous trees of the genus Exostema, used as a substitute for cinchona bark
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carrickfergus — a town in E Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus district, Co Antrim; historic settlement of Scottish Protestants on Belfast Lough; Norman castle. Pop: 27 201 (2001)
  • carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
  • cassette deck — a machine that is used for listening to cassettes and sometimes also for recording them
  • casual worker — a person who has temporary, as opposed to permanent or regular, employment
  • cat's whisker — a pointed wire used to make contact with the crystal in a crystal radio receiver
  • cattle market — A cattle market is a market where cattle are bought and sold.
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • central karoo — an arid plateau of S central South Africa, in Cape Province, separated from the Little Karoo to the southwest by the Swartberg range. Average height: 750 m (2500 ft)
  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • chandrasekhar — Subrahmanyan (ˌsʊbrəˈmænjən). 1910–95, US astronomer born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan). His work on stellar evolution led to an understanding of white dwarfs: shared the Nobel prize for physics 1983
  • channel black — the soot of a natural gas flame, used in paints; fine carbon.
  • character key — key
  • charmed quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 1.0 to 1.6 GeV/c2, a positive charge that is 2⁄3 the charge of an electron, +1 charm, and zero strangeness
  • checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
  • chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
  • chicken adder — milk snake.
  • chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
  • chicken snake — rat snake
  • chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
  • chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
  • christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
  • chub mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomber japonicus, of Atlantic and Pacific seas and parts of the Indian Ocean.
  • chuckleheaded — a stupid person; blockhead.
  • cicada killer — a black or rust-colored digger wasp, Sphecius speciosis, with a yellow-banded abdomen, that preys on cicadas.
  • citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
  • clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
  • clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
  • clicketyclack — a rhythmic, metallic sound, as that made by the wheels of a moving train
  • clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
  • clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
  • clothesbasket — a basket for holding and carrying laundry.
  • coaster brake — a brake on a bicycle that engages when the pedals are turned in reverse
  • cock-a-leekie — a soup made by boiling chicken with leeks
  • cockney bream — a young snapper fish
  • coffee klatch — A coffee klatch is a social event at which coffee is served.
  • combat jacket — a military-style jacket, usually khaki, olive green, or with camouflage colours
  • common market — A common market is an organization of countries who have agreed to trade freely with each other and make common decisions about industry and agriculture.
  • constablewick — the area of land under the charge of a constable
  • control freak — If you say that someone is a control freak, you mean that they want to be in control of every situation they find themselves in.
  • cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
  • counterattack — If you counterattack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
  • crack a smile — to break into a smile
  • crack cocaine — Crack cocaine is a form of the drug cocaine which has been purified and made into crystals.
  • cracked wheat — whole wheat cracked between rollers so that it will cook more quickly
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