15-letter words containing k, u, l, e
- leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- markup language — a set of standards, as HTML or SGML, used to create an appropriate markup scheme for an electronic document, as to indicate its structure or format.
- molecular clock — the changes in the amino acid sequences of proteins that take place during evolution and speciation, and from which the dates of branchings of taxonomic groups can be deduced.
- molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
- musculoskeletal — concerning, involving, or made up of both the muscles and the bones: the musculoskeletal system.
- neural networks — any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.
- pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
- percussion lock — a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.
- 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.
- pig, run like a — To run very slowly on given hardware, said of software. Distinct from hog.
- pleasure-seeker — someone who always wants to have pleasure
- plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
- plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
- poke mullock at — to ridicule
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- push 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.
- quadruple bucky — Obsolete. 1. On an MIT space-cadet keyboard, use of all four of the shifting keys (control, meta, hyper, and super) while typing a character key. 2. On a Stanford or MIT keyboard in raw mode, use of four shift keys while typing a fifth character, where the four shift keys are the control and meta keys on *both* sides of the keyboard. This was very difficult to do! One accepted technique was to press the left-control and left-meta keys with your left hand, the right-control and right-meta keys with your right hand, and the fifth key with your nose. Quadruple-bucky combinations were very seldom used in practice, because when one invented a new command one usually assigned it to some character that was easier to type. If you want to imply that a program has ridiculously many commands or features, you can say something like: "Oh, the command that makes it spin the tapes while whistling Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is quadruple-bucky-cokebottle." See double bucky, bucky bits, cokebottle.
- quarter blanket — a horse blanket, usually placed under a saddle or harness and extending to the horse's tail.
- 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.
- rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
- 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.
- 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.
- senkaku islands — a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea; claimed by China and Japan
- smoke pollution — pollution caused by fuels, etc, that produce smoke when burned
- south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- south salt lake — a town in N Utah.
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- squirrel monkey — either of two small, long-tailed monkeys, Saimiri oerstedii of Central America and S. sciureus of South America, having a small white face with black muzzle and gold, brown, or greenish fur: S. oerstedii is endangered.
- strike it lucky — to have some good luck
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
- take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- tantalus monkey — a long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus tantalus (or C. aethiops tantalus), of central African grasslands, having a long face framed by upswept whiskers.
- the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- ungentlemanlike — unlike a gentleman
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.