13-letter words containing k
- a closed book — If you say that someone or something is a closed book, you mean that you do not know anything about them.
- academic rank — the rank held by members of academic staff having titles such as professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor etc
- accept a risk — If an insurance company accepts a risk, it agrees to underwrite a risk or to accept a person or company as a client.
- access broker — a lobbyist or public-relations executive who was formerly a political figure or otherwise has connections to high officials in a governmental administration.
- achilles jerk — a downward reflex action of the foot when the Achilles tendon is tapped, caused by contraction of the calf muscles.
- acknowledging — Present participle of acknowledg.
- action-packed — full of activities, events and excitement
- advising bank — a bank that advises the intended beneficiary of a letter of credit that it has received the letter of credit, checks documents presented by the beneficiary with the issuing bank, and issues funds to the beneficiary
- advocacy tank — a research and development institution that works to lobby government officials to adopt the institution's viewpoints.
- aerial tanker — an aircraft used to transport fuel or water
- aleksandropol — a former name of Gumri.
- aleksandrovsk — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- alkali-loving — (of a plant) requiring a pH of 7.1 to 9 for optimal growth.
- alkaline soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of 8.5 or above, found esp in dry areas where the soluble salts, esp of sodium, have not been leached away but have accumulated in the B horizon of the soil profile
- alkane series — the homologous series of saturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons having the general formula C n H 2n+2 , as methane, CH 4 , or ethane, C 2 H 6 .
- alkene series — the homologous series of unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons containing one double bond and having the general formula C n H 2n , as ethylene, H 2 C=CH 2 .
- alpha blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the alpha receptors.
- alpha-blocker — any of a class of drugs that prevent the stimulation of alpha adrenoceptors, a type of receptor in the sympathetic nervous system, by adrenaline and noradrenaline and that therefore cause widening of blood vessels: used in the treatment of high blood pressure and prostatic hyperplasia
- alsike clover — a European clover, Trifolium hybridum, having pink flowers, grown in the U.S. for forage.
- aluminum book — (publication) Due to a technical screwup some printings of the second edition are actually what the author calls "yucky green". See also book titles.
- amakrokokroko — a nickname for the South African Paralympic team
- amakwerekwere — a term used by Black people to refer to foreign Africans
- american fork — a town in central Utah.
- american wake — an all-night farewell party for a person about to emigrate to America
- ammonia clock — an atomic clock based on the frequency of inversion of the ammonia molecule
- anak krakatau — a volcanic island in Indonesia formed by volcanic eruptions during and subsequent to 1927
- anchor pocket — a recess in the bow of a vessel, for housing a stockless anchor.
- ancient greek — the Greek language from the earliest records to about 300 bc, the chief dialect areas of which were Aeolic, Arcadic, Doric, and Ionic (including Attic)
- andrei markov — (person) 1856-1922. The Russian mathematician, after who Markov chains were named.
- angiokeratoma — a skin disease characterized by clusters of dilated blood vessels and by thickened skin, forming warty growths, especially on the scrotum, fingers, and toes.
- angle bracket — either of a pair of brackets having the shapes < and >
- angle of bank — the angle between the lateral axis of an aircraft in flight and the horizontal
- aniline black — the black dye obtained by the oxidation of aniline hydrochloride, used for dyeing textiles, especially cotton.
- ankyloglossia — tongue-tie.
- anna karenina — a novel (1875–76) by Leo Tolstoy.
- annular clock — a clock in the form of a vase, ball, etc., having the hours painted on a ring rotating beneath a pointer.
- anti-kickback — a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical.
- anticlockwise — If something is moving anticlockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- antimarketeer — a person who was opposed to the United Kingdom joining the European Union
- aperture mask — a perforated metal plate situated behind the faceplate of a color television picture tube and having holes aligned to insure that each of three electron beams strikes only its corresponding red, green, or blue phosphor dot.
- apokatastasis — the state of being restored or reestablished; restitution.
- apple-cheeked — having rosy cheeks; ruddy
- apple-knocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.
- archie bunker — a poorly educated blue-collar worker, holding ultraconservative, racist, and male-chauvinist opinions.
- arkansas city — a city in S Kansas.
- arshile gorky — Arshile [ahr-sheel] /ˈɑr ʃil/ (Show IPA), (Vosdanig Adoian) 1904–48, American painter, born in Armenia.
- as we know it — If you talk about a thing or system as we know it, you are referring to the form in which it exists now and which is familiar to most people.
- ass backwards — in an order or way reverse from the usual: You've sewn the sleeve on assbackwards.
- ass-backwards — of or in a way that is particularly contrary to the usual way, confusing, etc.
- assigned risk — a risk that, under state law, is assigned to an insurer from a pool of insurers who would not otherwise accept it.
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