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15-letter words containing p, r, k

  • a cracking pace — If you say that someone or something is moving at a cracking pace, you mean that they are moving very quickly.
  • alaska purchase — purchase of the territory of Alaska by the U.S. from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. Compare Seward's Folly.
  • all mockered up — dressed up
  • all-risk policy — An all-risk policy is an insurance policy that covers all loss or damage however it is caused, apart from any stated exceptions.
  • apartment block — building: flats, apartments
  • apprentice work — work done when young and a novice
  • back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
  • back projection — a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving
  • backup rotation — (operating system)   Any system for re-using backup media, e.g. magnetic tape. One extreme would be to use the same media for every backup (e.g. copy disk A to disk B), the other extreme would be to use new media every time. The trade-off is between the cost of buying and storing media and the ability to restore any version of any file. One example is the Grandfather, Father, Son (GFS) scheme.
  • backup software — (tool, software)   Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. It may include its own scheduling function to automate the procedure or, preferably, work with generic scheduling facilities. It may include facilities for managing the backup media (e.g. maintaining an index of tapes) and for restoring files from backups. Examples are Unix's dump command and Windows's ntbackup.
  • bad housekeeper — a person who is not an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
  • ballpark figure — approximate number
  • banking product — one of the various services offered by a bank to its customers: mortgages, loans, insurance etc
  • black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
  • black raspberry — a plant, Rubus occidentalis, of E North America, that has black berry-like fruits
  • black september — a Palestinian Terrorist group, responsible for the assassinations of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games at Munich in 1972
  • brake parachute — a parachute attached to the rear of a vehicle and opened to assist braking
  • break-in period — a period during which certain restrictions or moderation in operating should be followed, as the avoidance of high speed, rapid acceleration, or severe braking for a new automobile.
  • break-out group — a group of people who detach themselves from a larger group or meeting in order to hold separate discussions
  • breakeven point — a point at which the total revenue and total cost are equal
  • breaking plough — a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
  • brocken specter — an optical phenomenon sometimes occurring at high altitudes when the image of an observer placed between the sun and a cloud is projected on the cloud as a greatly magnified shadow.
  • broken pediment — a pediment, as over a doorway or window, having its raking cornice interrupted at the crown or apex.
  • brushback pitch — a fast ball deliberately thrown at or too near a batter's head
  • campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
  • charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • check protector — checkwriter.
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • computer cookie — HTTP cookie
  • copyright block — a block of four or more U.S. stamps that includes, in the selvage of the sheet, the copyright mark of the U.S. Postal Service.
  • country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
  • crispus attucks — Crispus [kris-puh s] /ˈkrɪs pəs/ (Show IPA), 1723?–70, American patriot, probably a fugitive slave, killed in the Boston Massacre.
  • crystal pick-up — a record-player pick-up in which the current is generated by the deformation of a piezoelectric crystal caused by the movements of the stylus
  • csk corporation — (company)   The japanese company that owns CSK Software and Sega. CSK Corp. is the largest independent japanese software company.
  • dark adaptation — the adaptation of the eye to vision in the dark by dilation of the pupil, increased sensitivity of the retina, etc.
  • deck department — the part of a ship's crew, from the captain down, concerned with running the ship but not with heavy machinery or catering
  • desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
  • dolphin striker — a short vertical strut between the bowsprit and a rope or cable (martingale) from the end of the jib boom to the stem or bows, used for maintaining tension and preventing upward movement of the jib boom
  • drink deep (of) — to take in a large amount (of) by or as by drinking
  • durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
  • english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
  • epikeratophakia — The surgical correction of aphakia. It is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea. A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea.
  • evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
  • expression mark — one of a set of musical directions, usually in Italian, indicating how a piece or passage is to be performed
  • finders keepers — whoever finds something has the right to keep it
  • flock wallpaper — a type of wallpaper with a raised pattern
  • for pity's sake — You can say for pity's sake to add emphasis to what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed or upset.
  • franklin pierceFranklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
  • french-speaking — able to speak French
  • german-speaking — able to speak German

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