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14-letter words containing k, o, r, i

  • kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
  • king's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
  • kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
  • kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
  • knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
  • knobbling roll — a roll for a rolling mill, having a series of regularly shaped projections and depressions on its face.
  • lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
  • lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • licorice stick — a clarinet.
  • like clockwork — the mechanism of a clock.
  • linkage editor — linker
  • linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
  • load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
  • locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
  • longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
  • megakaryocytic — Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes.
  • micromarketing — the marketing of products or services designed to meet the needs of a very small section of the market
  • migrant-worker — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
  • milking parlor — a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.
  • miracle worker — If you describe someone as a miracle worker, you mean that they have achieved or are able to achieve success in something that other people have found very difficult.
  • mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
  • mormon cricket — a flightless, long-horned grasshopper, Anabrus simplex, of the western U.S., that is destructive to range grasses and cultivated crops.
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
  • neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
  • neuromarketing — the process of researching the brain patterns of consumers to reveal their responses to particular advertisements and products before developing new advertising campaigns and branding techniques
  • nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
  • nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
  • norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
  • oblique stroke — (character)   "/". Common names include: (forward) slash; stroke; ITU-T: slant; oblique stroke. Rare: diagonal; solidus; over; slak; virgule; INTERCAL: slat. Commonly used as the division operator in programming, and to separate the components in Unix pathnames, and hence also in URLs. Also used to delimit regular expressions in several languages.
  • one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
  • options market — a market in which options are traded
  • oracle toolkit — Adaptable User Interface
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • parking sensor — A parking sensor is a device on a vehicle which detects obstacles and alerts the driver if the vehicle comes too close to them when being parked.
  • passion killer — something that is sexually unattractive or inhibiting
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • pembroke pines — a city in SE Florida, near Fort Lauderdale.
  • poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
  • poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
  • poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
  • portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • practical joke — a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
  • prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
  • printing works — an establishment in which printing is carried out
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