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13-letter words containing f, o, k

  • keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
  • killing frost — the occurrence of temperatures cold enough to kill all but the hardiest vegetation, especially the last such occurrence in spring and the first in fall, events that limit the agricultural growing season.
  • king of kings — Christ; Jesus.
  • kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
  • kiss of peace — (in certain Christian churches) a ceremonial greeting or embrace given as a token of Christian love and unity.
  • kolding fjord — an inlet of the Little Belt at the head of which is Kolding
  • korf, richard — Richard Korf
  • kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
  • like-for-like — (of a comparison, figures, statistics) that measure identical things, the same period in different years, etc
  • look and feel — (operating system)   The appearance and function of a program's user interface. The term is most often applied to graphical user interfaces (GUI) but might also be used by extension for a textual command language used to control a program. Look and feel includes such things as the icons used to represent certain functions such as opening and closing files, directories and application programs and changing the size and position of windows; conventions for the meaning of different buttons on a mouse and keys on the keyboard; and the appearance and operation of menus. A user interface with a consistent look and feel is considered by many to be an important factor in the ease of use of a computer system. The success of the Macintosh user interface was partly due to its consistency. Because of the perceived importance of look and feel, there have been several legal actions claiming breech of copyright on the look and feel of user interfaces, most notably by Apple Computer against Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard (which Apple lost) and, later, by Xerox against Apple Computer. Such legal action attempts to force suppliers to make their interfaces inconsistent with those of other vendors' products. This can only be bad for users and the industry as a whole.
  • lose track of — to fail to follow the passage, course, or progress of
  • make light of — of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
  • make off with — take away
  • make sport of — to mock or ridicule; poke fun at
  • market forces — factors driving the economy
  • monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
  • monkey's fist — a ball-like knot used as an ornament or as a throwing weight at the end of a line.
  • motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
  • new york fern — a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.
  • nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
  • off the books — of or relating to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
  • off the track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • off-the-books — not recorded in account books or not reported as taxable income.
  • office seeker — a person who seeks appointment or election to some government position.
  • office worker — employee in an office
  • offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
  • one of a kind — sb or sth unique
  • one-of-a-kind — unique
  • out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
  • out of pocket — small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
  • out-of-pocket — paid out in cash or from one's own financial resources and sometimes reimbursed: My out-of-pocket travel expenses included taking business clients to dinner.
  • pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
  • piece of cake — a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
  • piece of work — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  • piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
  • power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
  • profit taking — the selling of securities that have risen in price above costs; selling in order to realize a profit.
  • profit-making — A profit-making business or organization makes a profit.
  • profit-taking — Profit-taking is the selling of stocks and shares at a profit after their value has risen or just before their value falls.
  • rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
  • relief worker — a person who works for a charity providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • resource fork — Macintosh file system
  • rock-fill dam — a dam built mainly of rocks of various sizes fitted compactly together.
  • self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
  • skin friction — the friction acting on a solid body when it is moving through a fluid
  • soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
  • stick out for — If you stick out for something, you keep demanding it and do not accept anything different or less.
  • stock footage — film containing stock shots.
  • suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
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