15-letter words containing k, t, r, u
- industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
- junggrammatiker — a group of linguists of the late 19th century who held that phonetic laws are universally valid and allow of no exceptions; neo-grammarians.
- knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
- knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.
- kreutzer sonata — a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
- leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
- mohawk hair cut — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
- mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
- neural networks — any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.
- new york minute — a very short time.
- not care a fuck — not to care at all
- notour bankrupt — a bankrupt who has failed to discharge his or her debts within the days of grace allowed by the court
- nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
- nutcracker chin — a strong-looking chin
- okhotsk current — a cold ocean current flowing SW from the Bering Sea, E of the Kurile Islands, along the E coast of Japan where it meets the Japan Current.
- outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)
- parachute brake — a parachute opened horizontally from the tail of an airplane upon landing, used as an aid in braking. Also called parabrake. Compare drogue parachute (def 2).
- patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
- peak production — the maximum production
- perpetual check — a continuing series of checks resulting in a drawn game because they cannot be halted or evaded without resulting in checkmate or a serious disadvantage.
- phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- pocket computer — palmtop
- quarter blanket — a horse blanket, usually placed under a saddle or harness and extending to the horse's tail.
- quick-and-dirty — Informal. slipshod.
- quotation marks — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
- rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
- rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- round-the-clock — around-the-clock.
- rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- rusty blackbird — a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, the male of which has plumage that is uniformly bluish-black in the spring and rusty-edged in the fall.
- salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
- smoker's tongue — Pathology. leukoplakia in the mouth caused by irritation due to smoking.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- south yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 603 sq. mi. (1561 sq. km).
- steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
- strike it lucky — to have some good luck
- studhorse poker — stud poker.
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it