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14-letter words containing k, r, a, d

  • 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.
  • make the grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
  • make-and-break — noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell.
  • meat and drink — a source of pleasure
  • medical marker — a trait, condition, etc that indicates the presence of, or a probable increased predisposition towards, a medical or psychological disorder
  • medieval greek — the Greek language of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500. Abbreviation: MGk, MGk., MGr.
  • middle-ranking — A middle-ranking person has a fairly important or responsible position in a particular organization, but is not one of the most important people in it.
  • milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
  • milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
  • naked mole rat — a nearly hairless rodent, Heterocephalus glaber, of eastern African dry steppes and savannas, having two protruding upper and lower front teeth and living entirely underground in colonies, based on a single breeding female and specialized workers of both sexes.
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • norfolk island — an island in the S Pacific between New Caledonia and New Zealand: a territory of Australia. 13 sq. mi. (34 sq. km).
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • 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
  • paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
  • palisades park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • partners' desk — a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
  • promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
  • pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
  • ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
  • railroad track — railway line
  • rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
  • ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
  • record-breaker — A record-breaker is someone or something that beats the previous best result in a sport or other activity.
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
  • roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
  • rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
  • rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
  • skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • sonderkommando — a group of prisoners assigned to collect belongings and dispose of the bodies of other prisoners who had died or been killed.
  • spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
  • stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
  • take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
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