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14-letter words containing r, a, k

  • kekulé formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
  • kendal (green) — a coarse, green woolen cloth
  • keratinization — Conversion into keratin or keratinous tissue.
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • khartoum north — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile River, opposite Khartoum.
  • khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
  • kidney failure — loss of renal function
  • kierkegaardian — of, relating to, or resembling the philosophy or religious views of Kierkegaard.
  • kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
  • kilogram-meter — a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m.
  • kindergardener — Misspelling of kindergartner.
  • kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
  • kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
  • kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
  • king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
  • kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
  • knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
  • knight templar — Templar.
  • knotty rhatany — See under rhatany (def 1).
  • know backwards — to understand completely
  • krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
  • la grange park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
  • lake maracaibo — a lake in NW Venezuela, linked with the Gulf of Venezuela by a dredged channel: centre of the Venezuelan and South American oil industry. Area: about 13 000 sq km (500 sq miles)
  • lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
  • lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
  • leatherjackets — Plural form of leatherjacket.
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • library ticket — a ticket admitting a person access to a library, esp a reference library
  • like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
  • linkage editor — linker
  • linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
  • load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
  • locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
  • low-water mark — the lowest point reached by a low tide.
  • lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
  • luggage locker — a large locker at a transport terminal or airport where luggage can be left temporarily
  • mackerel shark — any of several fierce sharks of the family Lamidae, including the great white shark and the mako.
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
  • make a bargain — to agree on terms
  • make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
  • make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
  • make the grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
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