15-letter words containing k, n, p
- a cracking pace — If you say that someone or something is moving at a cracking pace, you mean that they are moving very quickly.
- a pig in a poke — something bought or received without prior sight or knowledge
- alte pinakothek — a museum in Munich housing a collection of paintings dating from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century
- apartment block — building: flats, apartments
- apprentice work — work done when young and a novice
- back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
- back projection — a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving
- 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.
- bank acceptance — a bill of exchange or draft drawn on and endorsed by a bank
- banking product — one of the various services offered by a bank to its customers: mortgages, loans, insurance etc
- beefsteak plant — an Asian plant, Perilla frutescens crispa, with aromatic red or green leaves which are used in cooking: family Lamiaceae
- bishop auckland — a town in N England, in central Durham: seat of the bishops of Durham since the 12th century: light industries. Pop: 24 764 (2001)
- black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
- break-in period — a period during which certain restrictions or moderation in operating should be followed, as the avoidance of high speed, rapid acceleration, or severe braking for a new automobile.
- breakeven point — a point at which the total revenue and total cost are equal
- breaking plough — a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
- brocken specter — an optical phenomenon sometimes occurring at high altitudes when the image of an observer placed between the sun and a cloud is projected on the cloud as a greatly magnified shadow.
- broken pediment — a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.
- buy-back option — the option for a company to buy some or all of its shares from an investor, who acquired them by putting venture capital into the company when it was formed
- campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
- cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
- charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- coachwhip snake — a slender nonvenomous snake, Masticophis flagellum, of the US
- composing stick — a metal holder of adjustable width in which a compositor sets a line of type at a time by hand; now rarely used
- country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
- csk corporation — (company) The japanese company that owns CSK Software and Sega. CSK Corp. is the largest independent japanese software company.
- dark adaptation — the adaptation of the eye to vision in the dark by dilation of the pupil, increased sensitivity of the retina, etc.
- deck department — the part of a ship's crew, from the captain down, concerned with running the ship but not with heavy machinery or catering
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
- diphenyl ketone — benzophenone.
- 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
- drink deep (of) — to take in a large amount (of) by or as by drinking
- durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
- english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
- expression mark — one of a set of musical directions, usually in Italian, indicating how a piece or passage is to be performed
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- finders keepers — whoever finds something has the right to keep it
- franklin pierce — Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- french-speaking — able to speak French
- german-speaking — able to speak German
- greenback party — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- greenfield park — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
- holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- huntington park — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hyperanakinesia — abnormally active mechanical movement, especially of the stomach or intestine.
- in keeping with — in conformity or accord with
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