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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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