15-letter words containing k, e, i, r
- computer cookie — HTTP cookie
- consumer strike — a boycott of a product by consumers, often in protest over a raise in its price.
- contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
- contract killer — a person hired to commit a murder
- counter-sinking — to enlarge the upper part of (a cavity), especially by chamfering, to receive the cone-shaped head of a screw, bolt, etc.
- counterchecking — Present participle of countercheck.
- countersink bit — a tool for countersinking
- country kitchen — a large kitchen with ample areas for food preparation and eating.
- coxsackie virus — any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis
- cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
- cracked residue — Cracked residue is the substance that is left when hydrocarbons in fuel have decomposed during thermal or catalytic cracking.
- creatine kinase — an enzyme that, during muscular activity, catalyzes the transfer of a phosphoryl group from phosphocreatine in muscle to produce ATP.
- darkling beetle — any of a family (Tenebrionidae) of sluggish, dark beetles that feed on plants at night
- data link layer — (networking) Layer two, the second lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The data link layer splits data into frames (see fragmentation) for sending on the physical layer and receives acknowledgement frames. It performs error checking and re-transmits frames not received correctly. It provides an error-free virtual channel to the network layer. The data link layer is split into an upper sublayer, Logical Link Control (LLC), and a lower sublayer, Media Access Control (MAC). Example protocols at this layer are ABP, Go Back N, SRP.
- demolition work — the work of knocking down buildings
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- disk controller — (hardware, storage) (Or "hard disk controller", HDC) The circuit which allows the CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive. The most common disk controllers in use are IDE and SCSI controllers. Most home personal computers use IDE controllers. High end PCs, workstations and network file servers mostly have SCSI adaptors.
- distress rocket — a rocket fired from a ship to warn others nearby that it is in distress
- dolphin striker — a short vertical strut between the bowsprit and a rope or cable (martingale) from the end of the jib boom to the stem or bows, used for maintaining tension and preventing upward movement of the jib boom
- dressed to kill — woman: in stylish clothes
- drilling jacket — A drilling jacket is a small steel platform used for drilling wells in shallow and calm water.
- drink deep (of) — to take in a large amount (of) by or as by drinking
- drug trafficker — someone that trades in illegal drugs
- drunken driving — the crime of driving while classified as under the influence of alcohol because the quantity of alcohol in your blood exceeds legally permitted levels
- durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
- eat like a bird — any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- economic strike — a strike called in protest over wages, hours, or working conditions.
- electric cooker — a device for cooking which is powered by electricity
- electric socket — a device on a wall where you can plug electrical equipment into the electricity supply
- electrokinetics — the branch of physics concerned with the motion of charged particles
- electronic book — An electronic book is the same as an e-book.
- embroidery silk — a silk thread used for embroidery
- emerging market — a financial or consumer market in a newly developing country or former communist country
- emotional wreck — a person who is feeling very sad, confused, or desperate because of something bad that has happened to them
- english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
- entrance ticket — a ticket allowing the bearer to go into a place, such as a museum, monument, etc
- epikeratophakia — The surgical correction of aphakia. It is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea. A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea.
- evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
- expression mark — one of a set of musical directions, usually in Italian, indicating how a piece or passage is to be performed
- filemaker, inc. — (company) The company that distributes the FileMaker database. FileMaker, Inc. was previously known as Claris and was renamed after a restructuring in January 1998.
- finders keepers — whoever finds something has the right to keep it
- fireless cooker — an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.
- fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
- fitness tracker — a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.
- for pity's sake — You can say for pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
- frankensteinian — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- franklin pierce — Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- franklin square — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- frederick henry — 1584–1647, prince of Orange and count of Nassau; son of William (I) the Silent