15-letter words containing r, a, k
- forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
- forward-looking — planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.
- frankensteinian — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
- franklin pierce — Franklin, 1804–69, 14th president of the U.S. 1853–57.
- franklin square — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- franklin's gull — a black-headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on insects.
- freak of nature — a person or animal that is born or grows with abnormal physical features.
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- french-speaking — able to speak French
- full-cream milk — whole unskimmed milk
- garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
- gaudier-brzeska — Henri (ɑ̃ri), original name Henri Gaudier. 1891–1915, French vorticist sculptor
- german-speaking — able to speak German
- gesamtkunstwerk — total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.
- gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- give me a break — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- go like a dream — to move, develop, or work very well
- grammar checker — a utility that allows the user to check a document for errors of grammar
- great awakening — the series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770.
- great bear lake — a lake in NW Canada, in the Northwest Territories. 12,275 sq. mi. (31,792 sq. km).
- great salt lake — a shallow salt lake in NW Utah. 2300 sq. mi. (5950 sq. km); 80 miles (130 km) long; maximum depth 60 feet (18 meters).
- greenback party — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- greenfield park — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
- hard disk drive — (storage) (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartbrokenness — The state or quality of being heartbroken.
- hewlett-packard — (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and education in approximately 110 countries. HP was founded in 1939 and employs 96600 people, 58900 in the USA. They have manufacturing and R&D establishments in 54 cities in 16 countries and approximately 600 sales and service offices in 110 countries. Their revenue (in 1992/1993?) was $20.3 billion. The Chief Executive Officer is Lewis E. Platt. HP's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris exchanges. Quarterly sales $6053M, profits $347M (Aug 1994).
- high-water mark — a mark showing the highest level reached by a body of water.
- hitchcock chair — a side chair of the early 19th century that has turned legs, a turned crest rail, and one or more slats in the back, and that is painted or stenciled in colors or gold on black.
- hook and ladder — a fire engine, usually a tractor-trailer, fitted with long, extensible ladders and other equipment.
- horned oak gall — a small, round tumor, formed around wasp eggs laid in the branches of a pin oak tree, that disrupts the flow of nutrients to the tree, with consequent defoliation and death.
- humpback bridge — arched bridge
- huntington park — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
- hyperanakinesia — abnormally active mechanical movement, especially of the stomach or intestine.
- hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
- ice-cream maker — a device used in making ice cream
- in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
- internal market — a system in which goods and services are sold by the provider to a range of purchasers within the same organization, who compete to establish the price of the product
- ivano-frankovsk — a city in W Ukraine, S of Lvov.
- jack the ripper — an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888