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15-letter words containing k, a, r, o, u

  • alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
  • all mockered up — dressed up
  • backup rotation — (operating system)   Any system for re-using backup media, e.g. magnetic tape. One extreme would be to use the same media for every backup (e.g. copy disk A to disk B), the other extreme would be to use new media every time. The trade-off is between the cost of buying and storing media and the ability to restore any version of any file. One example is the Grandfather, Father, Son (GFS) scheme.
  • backup software — (tool, software)   Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. It may include its own scheduling function to automate the procedure or, preferably, work with generic scheduling facilities. It may include facilities for managing the backup media (e.g. maintaining an index of tapes) and for restoring files from backups. Examples are Unix's dump command and Windows's ntbackup.
  • bad housekeeper — a person who is not an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
  • banking product — one of the various services offered by a bank to its customers: mortgages, loans, insurance etc
  • black horehound — a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra, having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
  • blockade runner — a person, ship etc that tries to carry goods through a blockade
  • blockade-runner — a ship or person that passes through a blockade.
  • break the mould — If you say that someone breaks the mould, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
  • break-out group — a group of people who detach themselves from a larger group or meeting in order to hold separate discussions
  • breaking plough — a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
  • bucket elevator — a chain of buckets for raising liquids or materials to a higher level
  • bullock's heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • bullock's-heart — the large, edible fruit of a tropical American tree, Annona reticulata.
  • calcium blocker — any of a group of drugs that prevent the influx of calcium into excitable tissues such as smooth muscle of the heart or arterioles, used in the treatment of angina, hypertension, and certain arrhythmias.
  • consumer market — the market of consumers for a particular good or service
  • counterattacked — Simple past tense and past participle of counterattack.
  • counterattacker — a person who counter-attacks
  • counterblockade — a retaliatory blockade
  • coxsackie virus — any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis
  • dark-eyed junco — a common North American junco, Junco hyemalis, having a pink bill, gray and brown body plumage, white belly and outer tail feathers, and differing from other species of junco in having a dark brown rather than yellow iris.
  • discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
  • draft-mule work — drudgery
  • eureka stockade — a violent incident in Ballarat, Australia, in 1854 between gold miners and the military, as a result of which the miners won their democratic rights in the state parliament
  • false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
  • freak of nature — a person or animal that is born or grows with abnormal physical features.
  • ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
  • hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
  • huntington park — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • keyboard plaque — (jargon)   The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
  • kissing gourami — a whitish labyrinth fish, Helostoma temmincki, found in southeastern Asia, noted for the habit of pressing its fleshy, protrusible lips against those of another: often kept in aquariums.
  • kreutzer sonata — a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
  • lake-of-lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
  • loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
  • make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • make-up remover — a substance that you use to remove make-up from your face
  • manukau harbour — an inlet of the Tasman Sea near Auckland in New Zealand on NW North Island
  • microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
  • mohawk hair cut — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
  • molecular clock — the changes in the amino acid sequences of proteins that take place during evolution and speciation, and from which the dates of branchings of taxonomic groups can be deduced.
  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
  • neural networks — any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.
  • not care a fuck — not to care at all
  • notour bankrupt — a bankrupt who has failed to discharge his or her debts within the days of grace allowed by the court
  • outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
  • ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)

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