16-letter words containing k
- cock-of-the-rock — either of two tropical South American birds, Rupicola rupicola or R. peruviana, having an erectile crest and (in the male) a brilliant red or orange plumage: family Cotingidae (cotingas)
- cocktail cabinet — a cupboard in which glasses and bottles are kept
- cocktail sausage — a small sausage served with drinks
- combination lock — A combination lock is a lock which can only be opened by turning a dial or a number of dials according to a particular series of letters or numbers.
- combination skin — facial skin that is dry in some areas and greasy in others
- commercial break — A commercial break is the interval during a commercial television programme, or between programmes, during which advertisements are shown.
- common knowledge — something widely or generally known
- commonplace book — a notebook in which quotations, poems, remarks, etc, that catch the owner's attention are entered
- community worker — someone who works for the benefit of a community, esp for a social service agency
- computer network — network
- concatenated key — compound key
- confidence trick — A confidence trick is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true, often to trick you out of money.
- contract killing — a murder carried out in fulfilment of a contract
- control freakery — an obsessive need to be in control of what is happening
- cook-chill foods — foods which are chilled rapidly and reheated as required
- cooperative bank — a cooperative savings institution, chartered and regulated by a state or the federal government, that receives deposits in exchange for shares of ownership and invests its funds chiefly in loans secured by first mortgages on homes.
- corkscrew flower — snailflower.
- cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
- counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
- counterattacking — Present participle of counterattack.
- counterclockwise — If something is moving counterclockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- cracked fraction — A cracked fraction is a petroleum fraction (= a portion separated according to a physical property) that has been broken down from a fraction with larger molecules.
- cracked up to be — alleged or believed to be
- cracker capacity — The cracker capacity is the amount of a particular product which a refinery can produce.
- crowd one's luck — to take unnecessary risks in an already favorable situation
- curbstone broker — a broker in the early American stockmarket who did business in the street
- cut to the quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- dakin's solution — a dilute solution containing sodium hypochlorite and boric acid, used as an antiseptic in the treatment of wounds
- dakota territory — a territory in the N central U.S., from 1861 to 1868 comprising present-day North Dakota and South Dakota, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
- dark of the moon — the period during which the moon is not visible.
- dark-side hacker — (jargon, legal) A criminal or malicious hacker; a cracker. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced by the dark side of the Force". The implication that hackers form a sort of elite of technological Jedi Knights is intended. Opposite: samurai.
- day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
- dead man walking — a condemned man walking from his prison cell to a place of execution
- desktop database — Macintosh file system
- development bank — A development bank is a bank that provides money for projects in poor countries or areas.
- diacritical mark — any of various marks, as a macron or cedilla, added to a letter or symbol to indicate its pronunciation or to distinguish it in some way
- diamondback moth — a small moth Plutella xylostella that has diamond-shaped markings on the underside of its front wings that are visible when the wings are folded
- dick whittington — Richard ("Dick") 1358?–1423, English merchant and philanthropist: Lord Mayor of London 1398, 1406–07, 1419–20.
- dictionary-maker — a person who compiles a dictionary
- direct free kick — a free kick awarded to a team as the result of a foul by an opposing player and from which a goal can be scored directly, without the ball being touched by another player.
- direct marketing — marketing direct to the consumer, as by direct mail or coupon advertising.
- discovered check — a check that is effected by moving an intervening piece from the line of attack of a queen, rook, or bishop.
- dneprodzerzhinsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
- do like a dinner — to do for, overpower, or outdo
- dome of the rock — a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God: built on the site of the Jewish Temple.
- downy woodpecker — a small, North American woodpecker, Picoides pubescens, having black and white plumage.
- drinking problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
- drinking-up time — (in Britain) a short time allowed for finishing drinks before closing time in a public house
- drug trafficking — smuggling illegal drugs
- drunkard's chair — a low, deep armchair of the 18th century.