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14-letter words containing k, n, a, g

  • garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
  • general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
  • generic markup — (text)   In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, such as paragraphs, headers or footnotes. SGML is an example of such a system. Specific instructions for layout of the text on the page do not appear in the markup.
  • genetic marker — any distinct inheritable indicator of identity and ancestry.
  • german speaker — a person who speaks German
  • get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
  • go in the tank — to lose or fail badly or on purpose
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.
  • greek valerian — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. reptans, having pinnate leaves and blue flowers.
  • ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • hacking jacket — a riding jacket having a tight waist, flared skirt, slanted pockets with flaps, and slits or vents at the sides or back.
  • hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
  • hangman's knot — a slip noose for hanging a person, usually having eight or nine turns around the rope.
  • housing market — property trade
  • indian grackle — a starling, Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • inward-looking — person
  • jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.
  • jacking engine — an engine for moving an idle reciprocating engine or turbine to permit inspection and repairs.
  • kangaroo court — a self-appointed or mob-operated tribunal that disregards or parodies existing principles of law or human rights, especially one in a frontier area or among criminals in prison.
  • kangaroo grass — a tall widespread Australian grass, Themeda australis, which is highly palatable to cattle and is used for fodder
  • kendal (green) — a coarse, green woolen cloth
  • kierkegaardian — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy or religious views of Kierkegaard.
  • kindergardener — Misspelling of kindergartner.
  • kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
  • kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
  • king of beasts — the lion.
  • king's highway — a highway built by the national government.
  • king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • kings mountain — a ridge in N South Carolina: American victory over the British 1780.
  • kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
  • knight templar — Templar.
  • knowledge base — (artificial intelligence)   A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
  • kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
  • la grange park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • lake bangweulu — a shallow lake in NE Zambia, discovered by David Livingstone, who died there in 1873. Area: about 9850 sq km (3800 sq miles), including swamps
  • lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
  • lake nipissing — a lake in central Canada, in E Ontario between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Area: 855 sq km (330 sq miles)
  • lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
  • laughing stock — object of others' amusement
  • laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • linkage editor — linker
  • linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
  • long-neck clam — soft-shell clam.
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