14-letter words containing k, a, f
- fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- gulf of alaska — the N part of the Pacific, between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago
- guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
- in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
- isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
- jack-in-office — a self-important petty official
- jackknife clam — any bivalve mollusk of the family Solenidae, especially of the genus Ensis, having a long, rectangular, slightly curved shell.
- jackknife-fish — a black and white, American drum, Equetus lanceolatus, found in tropical areas of the Atlantic Ocean, having an elongated dorsal fin that is held erect.
- kabalega falls — rapids on the lower Victoria Nile, about 35 km (22 miles) east of Lake Albert, where the Nile drops 120 m (400 ft)
- kaffee klatsch — coffee klatsch.
- kaffeeklatches — Plural form of kaffeeklatch.
- kaieteur falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- karstification — the process of turning into karst
- keep the faith — stay true to beliefs
- keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
- kekulé formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
- king of beasts — the lion.
- lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- make a fuss of — If you make a fuss of someone, you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable.
- make a hash of — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- make a joke of — If you make a joke of something, you laugh at it even though it is in fact rather serious or sad.
- make a meal of — to perform (a task) with unnecessarily great effort
- make a muck of — to ruin or spoil
- make an end of — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- make little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
- norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
- norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
- on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
- out of the ark — very old; out of date
- packet sniffer — (networking, tool) A network monitoring tool that captures data packets and decodes them using built-in knowledge of common protocols. Sniffers are used to debug and monitor networking problems.
- peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
- play for keeps — to do something seriously and without showing any mercy
- portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
- post-breakfast — the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
- rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
- reefing jacket — a man's short double-breasted jacket of sturdy wool
- reference mark — Surveying. a permanent mark set at a specific distance in a specific direction from a survey station so as to permit accurate reestablishment of the station.
- rock formation — rock that is arranged or formed in a certain way
- sea of okhotsk — part of the NW Pacific, surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin Island, and the E coast of Siberia. Area: 1 589 840 sq km (613 838 sq miles)
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous