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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.
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