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15-letter words containing s, k, i

  • creatine kinase — an enzyme that, during muscular activity, catalyzes the transfer of a phosphoryl group from phosphocreatine in muscle to produce ATP.
  • 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.
  • cyclical stocks — shares which are highly sensitive to the business cycle and affected by the performance of the economy
  • czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
  • decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
  • delmonico steak — club steak
  • diadochokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
  • diadochokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
  • dichotomous key — a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified
  • discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
  • discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
  • disk controller — (hardware, storage)   (Or "hard disk controller", HDC) The circuit which allows the CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive. The most common disk controllers in use are IDE and SCSI controllers. Most home personal computers use IDE controllers. High end PCs, workstations and network file servers mostly have SCSI adaptors.
  • distress rocket — a rocket fired from a ship to warn others nearby that it is in distress
  • docking station — device: charger
  • 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
  • downhill skiing — the sport of skiing down a slope, usually making turns and various maneuvers.
  • dressed to kill — woman: in stylish clothes
  • economic strike — a strike called in protest over wages, hours, or working conditions.
  • electric socket — a device on a wall where you can plug electrical equipment into the electricity supply
  • electrokinetics — the branch of physics concerned with the motion of charged particles
  • embroidery silk — a silk thread used for embroidery
  • english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
  • expression mark — one of a set of musical directions, usually in Italian, indicating how a piece or passage is to be performed
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
  • finders keepers — whoever finds something has the right to keep it
  • fireless cooker — an insulated container that seals in heat to cook food.
  • fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
  • fishhook cactus — a large cactus, Ferocactus wislizenii, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having hooked spines and red or yellow flowers.
  • fitness tracker — a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.
  • 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.
  • frankensteinian — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
  • 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.
  • frederick soddy — Frederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel prize 1921.
  • french knickers — women's wide-legged underpants
  • 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
  • gaudier-brzeska — Henri (ɑ̃ri), original name Henri Gaudier. 1891–1915, French vorticist sculptor
  • german-speaking — able to speak German
  • give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
  • give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
  • glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
  • goldilocks zone — a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets: Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.
  • groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
  • hard disk drive — (storage)   (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
  • harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
  • have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
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