14-letter words containing k, a, e, l
- pipeline break — (architecture) (Or "pipeline stall") The delay caused on a processor using pipelines when a transfer of control is taken. Normally when a control-transfer instruction (a branch, conditional branch, call or trap) is taken, any following instructions which have been loaded into the processor's pipeline must be discarded or "flushed" and new instructions loaded from the branch destination. This introduces a delay before the processor can resume execution. "Delayed control-transfer" is a technique used to reduce this effect.
- plain speaking — expressing oneself directly
- play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
- poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
- poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- practical joke — a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
- pull up stakes — a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
- purbeck marble — a fossil-rich limestone that takes a high polish: used for building, etc
- purple grackle — the eastern subspecies of the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, of North America, having an iridescent purple back.
- pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
- railway worker — railroad employee
- rangeley lakes — chain of lakes in W Me. & NE N.H.
- rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- retail banking — banking for individual customers
- rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- sackville-west — Dame Victoria Mary ("Vita") 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
- saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- salary bracket — a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
- salt lake city — a state in the W United States. 84,916 sq. mi. (219,930 sq. km). Capital: Salt Lake City. Abbreviation: UT (for use with zip code), Ut.
- satellite link — a link between a transmitting station and a receiving station via an artificial satellite
- screen blanker — screen saver
- serial killing — multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons
- sheffield lake — a town in N Ohio.
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- skeleton staff — the minimum staff needed by a company during a time where most staff do not normally work, such as a holiday, weekend, etc
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- snake mackerel — an elongate, deep-sea fish, Gempylus serpens, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having jutting jaws and strong teeth.
- snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- sockeye salmon — an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.