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18-letter words containing k, u, d

  • background reading — reading of related works in order to get contextual information on a topic that you are intending to study or write about
  • berwick-upon-tweed — a town in N England, in N Northumberland at the mouth of the Tweed: much involved in border disputes between England and Scotland between the 12th and 16th centuries; neutral territory 1551–1885. Pop: 12 870 (2001)
  • blackback flounder — any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder)
  • chuck-will's-widow — a large North American nightjar, Caprimulgus carolinensis, similar to the whippoorwill
  • desktop publishing — Desktop publishing is the production of printed materials such as newspapers and magazines using a desktop computer and a laser printer, rather than using conventional printing methods. The abbreviation DTP is also used.
  • diamondback turtle — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
  • doubly linked list — (programming)   A data structure in which each element contains pointers to the next and previous elements in the list, thus forming a bidirectional linear list.
  • down on one's luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
  • drop in the bucket — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
  • drug on the market — Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
  • ducking and diving — evasiveness
  • first duke of york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
  • frederick douglassFrederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
  • kirkcudbrightshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • laugh like a drain — to laugh loudly and coarsely
  • make up one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • maximum likelihood — greatest probability
  • milkweed butterfly — monarch butterfly.
  • needlestick injury — an injury that is caused by accidentally pricking the skin with a hypodermic needle
  • norwegian elkhound — one of a breed of dogs having a short, compact body, short, pointed ears, and a thick, gray coat, raised originally in Norway for hunting elk and other game.
  • optical soundtrack — the final soundtrack on a motion picture, which appears as a band of black and white serrations along a strip of film to the left of the composite print. Light is shined through the serrations and is converted to audible sound.
  • runge-kutta method — a numerical method, involving successive approximations, used to solve differential equations.
  • spackling compound — spackle
  • strike an attitude — to assume a posture or pose, often an affected or theatrical one
  • to speak your mind — If you speak your mind, you say firmly and honestly what you think about a situation, even if this may offend or upset people.
  • turk's-head cactus — a cactus, Melocactus communis, of Jamaica, having needlelike spines and a cylindrical body with a tawny-red, fezlike terminal part bearing red flowers.
  • under lock and key — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • under the jackboot — If a country or group of people is under the jackboot, they are suffering because the government is cruel and undemocratic.
  • unit-linked policy — a life-assurance policy, the investment benefits of which are directly in proportion to the number of units in a unit trust purchased on the policyholder's behalf
  • work-study program — a program enabling high-school or college students to combine academic work with actual job experience.
  • work-study student — a student who is permitted to work while studying, and use the money earned to pay for their studies

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