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18-letter words containing k, a

  • break the internet — to cause a large number of people to attempt to access the internet
  • break your silence — If someone breaks their silence about something, they talk about something that they have not talked about before or for a long time.
  • brewer's blackbird — a blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus, of the U.S., the male of which has greenish-black plumage with a purplish-black head.
  • broken twill weave — a twill weave in which the direction of the diagonal produced by the weft threads is reversed after no more than two passages of the weft.
  • brothers karamazov — a novel (1880) by Dostoevsky.
  • brute force attack — (cryptography)   A method of breaking a cipher (that is, to decrypt a specific encrypted text) by trying every possible key. The quicker the brute force attack, the weaker the cipher. Feasibility of brute force attack depends on the key length of the cipher, and on the amount of computational power available to the attacker. Brute force attack is impossible against the ciphers with variable-size key, such as a one-time pad cipher.
  • burkitt's lymphoma — a cancer characterized by tumors containing lymphoid cells, occurring esp. in children, in the jaw, eyes, and internal organs: it is associated with the Epstein-Barr virus
  • can stick/to stick — If you say that someone can stick something, especially a job, or if you tell them where to stick it, you are rudely refusing it or emphasizing that you do not want it or like it.
  • can't take a trick — to be consistently unsuccessful or unlucky
  • captain james cook — Frederick Albert, 1865–1940, U.S. physician and polar explorer.
  • carisbrooke castle — a castle near Newport on the Isle of Wight: Charles I was held prisoner here from 1647 until his execution in 1649
  • carolina chickadee — a chickadee, Parus carolinensis, of the southeastern U.S., resembling but smaller than the black-capped chickadee.
  • catalytic cracking — a method used in the petroleum industry for the cracking of petroleum by catalysis
  • cathode dark space — Crookes dark space.
  • catskill mountains — a mountain range in SE New York State: resort. Highest peak: Slide Mountain, 1261 m (4204 ft)
  • cerenkov radiation — radiation emitted when a charged particle travels through a medium at a speed greater than the speed of light through that medium
  • certification mark — a mark that certifies the origin, material, quality, mode of manufacture, accuracy, or other characteristic of a product or service: “UL” is a certification mark for appliances meeting the safety standards of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
  • check verification — Check verification is a system that checks national databases of information about individuals to make sure that checks will be honored and fraud is not being committed.
  • checkpoint charlie — a crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War
  • chicken tetrazzini — diced chicken in a cream sauce, baked in a casserole with noodles and cheese, usually flavored with sherry.
  • chickenheartedness — Alternative form of chicken-heartedness.
  • christmas stocking — A Christmas stocking is a long sock which children hang up on Christmas Eve. During the night, parents fill the stocking with small presents.
  • chukchi-kamchatkan — Chukotian.
  • clark's nutcracker — a nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana, of western North America, having pale gray plumage and black and white wings and tail.
  • classical sanskrit — Sanskrit of an ancient period earlier than that of the Prakrits and later than Vedic.
  • cling like a leech — to cling or adhere persistently to something
  • cock-a-leekie soup — a soup made from a fowl boiled with leeks
  • come back to earth — to return to reality from a fantasy or daydream
  • commutation ticket — a ticket entitling the holder to travel over the same route, as on a railroad, a specified number of times at a reduced rate
  • convenience market — the area of business which involves selling convenience foods
  • cooking facilities — equipment necessary for cooking
  • coronation chicken — a dish of cold cooked chicken in a mild creamy curry sauce
  • correspondent bank — A correspondent bank is a bank that provides services such as accepting deposits for another bank.
  • cracked distillate — A cracked distillate is a clear yellow liquid, mostly containing hydrocarbons, which is produced by steam cracking without a catalyst.
  • crookes dark space — the dark space between the cathode glow and the negative glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • crookes radiometer — a type of radiometer consisting of an evacuated glass bulb containing a set of lightweight vanes, each blackened on one side. The vanes are mounted on a vertical axis and revolve when light, or other radiant energy, falls on them
  • dead-stick landing — Aeronautics, Aerospace. a landing of an airplane or space vehicle with the engine cut off.
  • diamondback turtle — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
  • didaskaleinophobia — The fear of going to school.
  • dr. james h. clark — (person)   The founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc. and co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation.
  • drinking chocolate — sweetened cocoa powder
  • drug on the market — Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
  • ducking and diving — evasiveness
  • eastern meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
  • electronic banking — the transfer of money between financial institutions through an exchange of electronic signals over a network
  • fall-back position — an alternative plan
  • family-size packet — a packet large enough to be suitable for a family
  • fantasy basketball — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
  • faraday dark space — the dark region between the negative glow and the positive column in a vacuum tube occurring when the pressure is low.
  • feldenkrais method — a system of gentle movements that promote flexibility, coordination, and self-awareness
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