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

  • case framework — A set of products and conventions that allow CASE tools to be integrated into a coherent environment.
  • cashier's desk — A cashier's desk is the same as a cash desk.
  • cat's whiskers — Radio. a stiff wire forming one contact in a crystal detector and used for probing the crystal.
  • check register — A check register is a record of transactions in a checking account.
  • checkerberries — Plural form of checkerberry.
  • cheese skipper — a dipterous fly, Piophila casei, whose larvae feed on cheese and move by jumping: family Piophilidae
  • chevra kadisha — a Jewish burial society, usually composed of unpaid volunteers who provide funerals for members of their congregation
  • chicken breast — pigeon breast
  • christmas cake — A Christmas cake is a special cake that is eaten at Christmas in Britain and some other countries.
  • clerk of works — an employee who supervises building work in progress or the upkeep of existing buildings
  • cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • clustergeeking — (jargon)   /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
  • 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
  • crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
  • currency snake — an exchange rate system that operated between various member countries of the EEC during the 1970s, in which exchange rates between the currencies of the participating states were only allowed to fluctuate within a restricted range
  • 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
  • denmark strait — a channel between SE Greenland and Iceland, linking the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic
  • disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
  • 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.
  • drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • 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.
  • electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
  • exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
  • field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
  • figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
  • fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
  • florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
  • for god's sake — Some people use expressions such as for God's sake, for heaven's sake, for goodness sake, or for Pete's sake in order to express annoyance or impatience, or to add force to a question or request. The expressions 'for God's sake' and 'for Christ's sake' could cause offence.
  • for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
  • franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
  • fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
  • freezing works — a slaughterhouse at which animal carcasses are frozen for export
  • freshers' week — a week at the beginning of a university year, usually with a programme of events intended to welcome new first-year students
  • futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
  • general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
  • german speaker — a person who speaks German
  • grass parakeet — any of several Australian parakeets, especially the budgerigar.
  • great kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
  • grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
  • groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
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