14-letter words containing i, t, a, k, e
- karitane nurse — a nurse trained in the care of young babies and their mothers according to the principles of the Plunket Society
- keep pace with — to proceed at the same speed as
- keep the faith — stay true to beliefs
- keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
- keratinization — Conversion into keratin or keratinous tissue.
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- khaki election — a general election held during or immediately after a war, esp one in which the war has an effect on how people vote
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- kick the habit — quit smoking
- kilogram-meter — a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m.
- kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
- king of beasts — the lion.
- king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
- kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
- knight templar — Templar.
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
- lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- library ticket — a ticket admitting a person access to a library, esp a reference library
- like this/that — You use like this or like that when you are drawing attention to something that you are doing or that someone else is doing.
- line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
- make a dent in — a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- make away with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- make it snappy — apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
- make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- make time with — to succeed in attracting or having an affair with (a person)
- make-up artist — sb: applies performers' cosmetics
- mass marketing — the organization of the sale of a product to a large number of people
- meat and drink — a source of pleasure
- megakaryocytic — Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes.
- met enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- metallokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control metals.
- micromarketing — the marketing of products or services designed to meet the needs of a very small section of the market
- migrant-worker — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
- mileage ticket — a book (mileage book) or ticket containing coupons good for a certain number of miles of transportation at a fixed rate per mile.