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14-letter words containing o, r, s, k

  • absaroka range — a range in S Montana and NW Wyoming: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, 13,140 feet (4005 meters).
  • accretion disk — the rapidly spinning disk of gas that forms around the more compact component of a close binary star system as mass is transferred to the compact companion from the primary star.
  • adjutant stork — a large Indian stork, Leptoptilus dubius, having a pinkish-brown neck and bill, a large naked pouch under the throat, and a military gait.
  • amount at risk — the difference between the reserve of a life-insurance policy and its face amount.
  • andrew jacksonAndrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
  • angostura bark — the bitter aromatic bark of certain South American rutaceous trees of the genus Cusparia or Galipea, formerly used medicinally to reduce fever
  • arctic monkeys — British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013)
  • arkansas stone — a type of stone used as a whetstone for metal objects, especially knives.
  • avalokitesvara — a male Bodhisattva, widely revered and identified with various persons and gods.
  • backside-front — backend-to.
  • backstrap loom — a simple horizontal loom, used especially in Central and South America, on which one of two beams holding the warp yarn is attached to a strap that passes across the weaver's back.
  • banker's order — pay order, banker's cheque
  • barbara liskov — (person)   Professor Barbara Liskov was the first US woman to be awarded a PhD in computing, and her innovations can be found in every modern programming language. She currently (2009) heads the Programming Methodology Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Liskov's design innovations have, over the decades, made software more reliable and easier to maintain. She has invented two computer progamming languages: CLU, an object-orientated language, and Argus, a distributed programming language. Liskov's research forms the basis of modern programming languages such as Java, C# and C++. One of the biggest impacts of her work came from her contributions to the use of data abstraction, a method for organising complex programs. See Liskov substitution principle. In June 2009 she will receive the A. M. Turing Award.
  • beard-stroking — deep thought
  • belaya tserkov — city in WC Ukraine: pop. 204,000
  • biometric risk — Biometric risk covers all risks related to human life conditions, such as death, birth, disability, age, and number of children.
  • braddock hills — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
  • bras d'or lake — an arm of the Atlantic Ocean in the center Cape Breton Island, in Nova Scotia, Canada. 360 sq. mi. (930 sq. km).
  • break of serve — the act or instance of breaking an opponent's service
  • breakfast food — any prepared cereal for breakfast
  • breakfast room — a room set aside for serving and eating breakfast, esp in a hotel or guesthouse
  • breakfast show — a radio or television broadcast that airs around breakfast time
  • brecknockshire — a historic county in S Wales, now part of Powys, Gwent, and Mid Glamorgan.
  • breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
  • brickor mortis — a period of difficult times in the housing industry, where house prices and sales of properties are falling and credit for new purchases is difficult to obtain
  • broken consort — a musical ensemble with instruments of different types or families, as string and woodwind, especially for Renaissance music.
  • broken society — a perceived or apparent general decline in moral values
  • builder's knot — clove hitch
  • building works — construction projects
  • bulk transport — the transport of large quantities of goods or commodities in lorries, ships, or by rail
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • case framework — A set of products and conventions that allow CASE tools to be integrated into a coherent environment.
  • clerk of works — an employee who supervises building work in progress or the upkeep of existing buildings
  • cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
  • cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
  • cookie monster — (recreation)   (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
  • counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
  • countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
  • coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
  • crossbolt lock — a lock controlling two bolts moving in opposite directions, as to the top and bottom of a doorframe.
  • customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
  • decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
  • disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
  • disk mirroring — (hardware, storage)   Use of one or more mirrors of a hard disk.
  • dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
  • donkey's years — a very long time; eons.
  • double deckers — (jargon)   Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
  • dumbarton oaks — an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.
  • electric shock — electric current entering the body
  • electrokinesis — (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.

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