18-letter words containing i, r, a, k
- a leap in the dark — an action performed without knowledge of the consequences
- a shot in the dark — If you describe something someone says or does as a shot in the dark or a stab in the dark, you mean they are guessing that what they say is correct or that what they do will be successful.
- after-dinner drink — a drink such as port and brandy taken after dinner
- ailanthus silkworm — a green silkworm, Samia walkeri, introduced into the U.S. from China, that feeds on the leaves of the ailanthus.
- alarm clock briton — a British worker with a moderate income, whose daily routine involves preparing children for school and going out to work
- alkali metaprotein — a metaprotein derived by means of a hydrolytic alkali.
- american brooklime — any of various speedwells found along brooks, in marshes, etc., as Veronica americana (American brooklime) a creeping plant having leafy stems and loose clusters of small blue flowers.
- american cockroach — a large, reddish-brown cockroach, Periplaneta americana, found originally in the southern U.S. but now widely distributed.
- aorangi-mount cook — the official name for Mount Cook
- arkansas toothpick — a bowie knife or similar sharp knifelike implement.
- asiatic black bear — a bear, Selenarctos thibetanus, of central and E Asia, whose coat is black with a pale V-shaped mark on the chest
- assumption of risk — Assumption of risk is the practice of paying for minor losses yourself, but protecting against catastrophic losses by buying insurance cover.
- astronomical clock — a complex clock showing astronomical phenomena, such as the phases of the moon
- at the risk of sth — If you do something at the risk of something unpleasant happening, you do it even though you know that the unpleasant thing might happen as a result.
- automatic tracking — a radar tracking system in which an automatic device uses the echo signal from the tracked object to keep the radar constantly beamed on target and to compute the range of the object.
- background reading — reading of related works in order to get contextual information on a topic that you are intending to study or write about
- benchmark position — a public service job used for comparison with a similar position, such as a position in commerce, for wage settlements
- black lives matter — a political and social movement originating among African Americans, emphasizing basic human rights and racial equality for black people and campaigning against various forms of racism. Abbreviations: BLM, B.L.M.
- blackwater rafting — the sport of riding through underground caves on a large rubber tube
- blocking capacitor — a capacitor that blocks the passage of direct current but allows alternating current to pass
- branch to fishkill — (IBM: from the location of one of the corporation's facilities) Any unexpected jump in a program that produces catastrophic or just plain weird results. See jump off into never-never land, hyperspace.
- break the internet — to cause a large number of people to attempt to access the internet
- break your silence — If someone breaks their silence about something, they talk about something that they have not talked about before or for a long time.
- brewer's blackbird — a blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus, of the U.S., the male of which has greenish-black plumage with a purplish-black head.
- broken twill weave — a twill weave in which the direction of the diagonal produced by the weft threads is reversed after no more than two passages of the weft.
- burkitt's lymphoma — a cancer characterized by tumors containing lymphoid cells, occurring esp. in children, in the jaw, eyes, and internal organs: it is associated with the Epstein-Barr virus
- can't take a trick — to be consistently unsuccessful or unlucky
- carisbrooke castle — a castle near Newport on the Isle of Wight: Charles I was held prisoner here from 1647 until his execution in 1649
- carolina chickadee — a chickadee, Parus carolinensis, of the southeastern U.S., resembling but smaller than the black-capped chickadee.
- catalytic cracking — a method used in the petroleum industry for the cracking of petroleum by catalysis
- cerenkov radiation — radiation emitted when a charged particle travels through a medium at a speed greater than the speed of light through that medium
- certification mark — a mark that certifies the origin, material, quality, mode of manufacture, accuracy, or other characteristic of a product or service: “UL” is a certification mark for appliances meeting the safety standards of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
- check verification — Check verification is a system that checks national databases of information about individuals to make sure that checks will be honored and fraud is not being committed.
- checkpoint charlie — a crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War
- chicken tetrazzini — diced chicken in a cream sauce, baked in a casserole with noodles and cheese, usually flavored with sherry.
- chickenheartedness — Alternative form of chicken-heartedness.
- christmas stocking — A Christmas stocking is a long sock which children hang up on Christmas Eve. During the night, parents fill the stocking with small presents.
- classical sanskrit — Sanskrit of an ancient period earlier than that of the Prakrits and later than Vedic.
- convenience market — the area of business which involves selling convenience foods
- coronation chicken — a dish of cold cooked chicken in a mild creamy curry sauce
- cracked distillate — A cracked distillate is a clear yellow liquid, mostly containing hydrocarbons, which is produced by steam cracking without a catalyst.
- crookes radiometer — a type of radiometer consisting of an evacuated glass bulb containing a set of lightweight vanes, each blackened on one side. The vanes are mounted on a vertical axis and revolve when light, or other radiant energy, falls on them
- diamondback turtle — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
- drinking chocolate — sweetened cocoa powder
- electronic banking — the transfer of money between financial institutions through an exchange of electronic signals over a network
- feldenkrais method — a system of gentle movements that promote flexibility, coordination, and self-awareness
- firecracker flower — a plant, Dichelostemma ida-maia, of the amaryllis family, native to California and Oregon, having clusters of tubular scarlet flowers.
- frederick douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- free-range chicken — a chicken kept in natural nonintensive conditions
- great-circle track — the route of a ship following the arc of a great circle, appearing as a curved line on a Mercator chart and as a straight line on a gnomonic chart.
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