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15-letter words containing p, e, k, a

  • hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
  • in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
  • jack the ripper — an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888
  • jackass penguin — any of several boldly marked black and white penguins of the genus Spheniscus, especially S. demersus, of southern Africa, with a call resembling a donkey's bray.
  • kaleidoscopical — Alternative form of kaleidoscopic.
  • kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
  • kamikaze packet — Christmas tree packet
  • keep faith with — If you keep faith with someone you have made a promise to or something you believe in, you continue to support them even when it is difficult to do so.
  • keep one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • keep tabs on sb — If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you.
  • kenai peninsula — peninsula in S Alas. between Cook Inlet & the main body of the Gulf of Alaska: c. 150 mi (241 km) long: site of one the world's largest ice fields
  • kernmantel rope — a rope made of many straight nylon fibres within a plaited sheath; used for its tensile strength, freedom from twisting, and elasticity
  • keyboard plaque — (jargon)   The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
  • keynote speaker — sb: gives opening speech
  • kilovolt-ampere — an electrical unit, equal to 1000 volt-amperes. Abbreviation: kVA, kva.
  • kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • knapping hammer — a hammer used for breaking and shaping stones
  • knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
  • kommunizma peak — a mountain in SE Tajikistan in the Pamirs: the highest mountain in the former Soviet Union. Height: 7495 m (24 590 ft)
  • leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
  • magnetic pickup — a phonograph pickup in which the vibrations of the stylus cause variations in or motions of a coil in a magnetic field that produces corresponding variations in an electrical voltage.
  • make a pit stop — to visit a restroom
  • make a play for — to act the part of (a person or character) in a dramatic performance; portray: to play Lady Macbeth.
  • make a point of — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • make capital of — to get advantage from
  • make-up remover — a substance that you use to remove make-up from your face
  • 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.
  • massapequa park — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • mock pennyroyal — pennyroyal (def 2).
  • not to speak of — You can use not to speak of when adding something which your previous statement also applies to, or applies to even more than other things.
  • oil tanker pier — An oil tanker pier is a structure over water where oil tankers can stop and load or unload.
  • pack one's bags — If you pack your bags, you leave a place where you have been staying or living.
  • package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
  • packet-switched — packet switching
  • packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
  • pancake make-up — make up in cake form applied to the face with a sponge in order to cover up imperfections and even out skin tone
  • paperbark maple — a shrub or tree, Acer griseum, native to China, cultivated for its attractive papery brownish bark.
  • parachute brake — a parachute opened horizontally from the tail of an airplane upon landing, used as an aid in braking. Also called parabrake. Compare drogue parachute (def 2).
  • parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
  • partners---desk — a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.
  • passive smoking — the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area.
  • pat on the back — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
  • peacock feather — a (distinctive and brightly coloured) feather from the peacock
  • peak experience — a high point in the life of a self-actualizer, during which the person feels ecstatic and more alive and whole than is usual.
  • peak production — the maximum production
  • pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
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