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16-letter words containing e, a, k

  • spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
  • spotted redshank — a sandpiper, Tringa erythropus, which is a large wader with red legs
  • spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
  • square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
  • squeaky-bum time — the tense final matches in the race to a league championship, esp from the point of view of the leaders
  • stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
  • stalked puffball — a puffball-like mushroom of the genus Tulestoma, maturing in early winter.
  • stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
  • sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
  • stock management — the monitoring and control of goods and stock so that new stock can be ordered as required and the right numbers and quantities made available at all times
  • stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
  • straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
  • streak lightning — lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line
  • streaked gurnard — a type of fish, Chelidonichthys lastoviza or Trigloporus lastoviza
  • strike a balance — compromise
  • strike a bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • substantive rank — a permanent rank in the armed services obtained by length of service, selection, etc
  • swiss army knife — a small knife with blades and other tools, such as a nail file and corkscrew, all folding into the handle.
  • take (to) flight — to run away; flee
  • take a back seat — a seat at the rear.
  • take a page from — to follow the example of; imitate
  • take a raincheck — to accept the postponement of an offer
  • take by surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
  • take for granted — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
  • take holy orders — to become ordained
  • take one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
  • take one's leave — to go away; depart
  • take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
  • take one's place — to take up one's usual or specified position
  • take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
  • take the liberty — do sth without permission
  • take the lid off — to make startling or spectacular revelations about
  • take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
  • take to the road — to start traveling; set out
  • the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
  • the great karroo — karroo in S South Africa: c. 350 mi (563 km) long & 2,000 to 3,000 ft (610 to 914 m) high
  • the little karoo — a high arid plateau in South Africa
  • the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
  • the mekong delta — the area where the Mekong River empties into the sea through distributaries
  • the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
  • the wheel blacks — the international wheelchair rugby football team of New Zealand
  • theatre workshop — a theatre company that is noted for the unconventional theatrical performances it puts on, especially with reference to a company based in the East End of London from 1953 to 1973 that was founded in 1945 by Joan Littlewood
  • thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
  • thick as thieves — very close friends
  • thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
  • thinking pattern — manner of thinking
  • three-card trick — a game in which players bet on which of three inverted playing cards is the queen
  • thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
  • tiger kidnapping — a kidnapping in which one or more hostages are taken to coerce another person, usually a relation of the person or people held, to take part in a crime
  • tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
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