16-letter words containing s, i, l, k, t
- (as) like as not — If you say that something will happen like as not or as like as not, you mean that it will probably happen.
- american kestrel — a small American falcon (Falco sparverius) with a reddish-brown back and tail; sparrow hawk
- as likely as not — very probably
- balkan mountains — a mountain range extending across Bulgaria from the Black Sea to the eastern border. Highest peak: Mount Botev, 2376 m (7793 ft)
- black nightshade — a poisonous solanaceous plant, Solanum nigrum, a common weed in cultivated land, having small white flowers with backward-curved petals and black berry-like fruits
- calculate a risk — If you calculate a risk, you decide how likely an event is, whether the insurer should underwrite the risk, and at what cost.
- clbuttic mistake — the humorous effect created by anti-obscenity filters that automatically replace offensive words in online articles with more acceptable variants
- cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
- cocktail sausage — a small sausage served with drinks
- counterclockwise — If something is moving counterclockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- dakin's solution — a dilute solution containing sodium hypochlorite and boric acid, used as an antiseptic in the treatment of wounds
- first balkan war — Balkan War (def 1).
- folk linguistics — speculation and popular views about language.
- gilt-edged stock — government stock on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date
- hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
- hostile takeover — a takeover that is not approved by the management of the corporation being acquired or that is accomplished through the secret purchase of stock.
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- in a cleft stick — If you say that a person or organization is in a cleft stick, you mean that they are in a difficult situation which will bring them problems and harm whatever they decide to do.
- in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
- karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
- killer satellite — an orbiting satellite that can be maneuvered to approach a target satellite and destroy it by exploding
- kleptoparasitism — The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc. from animals of the same or another species.
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- knights of malta — the order of Hospitalers.
- kolyma mountains — a mountain range in NE Siberia, Russia, near the Sea of Okhotsk, rising to over 6000 feet (1830 meters).
- kunlun mountains — mountain system in W China, between Tibet & Xinjiang: highest peak, c. 25,300 ft (7,711 m)
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- lake saint clair — a lake between SE Michigan and Ontario: linked with Lake Huron by the St Clair River and with Lake Erie by the Detroit River. Area: 1191 sq km (460 sq miles)
- laurentides park — a national park in SE Canada, in Quebec province between the St. Lawrence and Lake St. John.
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- lighthouse clock — an American mantel clock of the early 19th century, having the dial and works exposed beneath a glass dome on a tapered, cylindrical body.
- lightning strike — A lightning strike is a strike in which workers stop work suddenly and without any warning, in order to protest about something.
- lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
- like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- linguistic stock — a parent language and all its derived dialects and languages.
- lipstick lesbian — a lesbian who is feminine in manner or appearance; a femme.
- little smalltalk — A line-oriented near-subset of Smalltalk-80 written in C by Tim Budd <[email protected]>. Version 3 runs on Unix, IBM PC, Atari and VMS.
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- network analysis — a mathematical method of analyzing complex problems, as in transportation or project scheduling, by representing the problem as a network of lines and nodes.
- oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
- pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
- pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
- security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
- selective strike — a partial strike against a particular area of a business or against one employer or a small number of employers in a collective bargaining situation
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- silk-cotton tree — any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
- silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
- slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
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