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12-letter words containing t, a, k, e, i

  • field jacket — a close-fitting jacket for wear by soldiers in the field.
  • figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
  • figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
  • fillet steak — boneless cut of beef
  • fire blanket — a large blanket-like piece of fire-resistant material such as fibreglass used in smothering a fire
  • frankenstein — a person who creates a monster or a destructive agency that cannot be controlled or that brings about the creator's ruin.
  • free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
  • fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
  • frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
  • get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
  • giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
  • giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
  • give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
  • hacker ethic — (philosophy)   1. The belief that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is an ethical duty of hackers to share their expertise by writing free software and facilitating access to information and to computing resources wherever possible. 2. The belief that system-cracking for fun and exploration is ethically OK as long as the cracker commits no theft, vandalism, or breach of confidentiality. Both of these normative ethical principles are widely, but by no means universally, accepted among hackers. Most hackers subscribe to the hacker ethic in sense 1, and many act on it by writing and giving away free software. A few go further and assert that *all* information should be free and *any* proprietary control of it is bad; this is the philosophy behind the GNU project. Sense 2 is more controversial: some people consider the act of cracking itself to be unethical, like breaking and entering. But the belief that "ethical" cracking excludes destruction at least moderates the behaviour of people who see themselves as "benign" crackers (see also samurai). On this view, it may be one of the highest forms of hackerly courtesy to (a) break into a system, and then (b) explain to the sysop, preferably by e-mail from a superuser account, exactly how it was done and how the hole can be plugged - acting as an unpaid (and unsolicited) tiger team. The most reliable manifestation of either version of the hacker ethic is that almost all hackers are actively willing to share technical tricks, software, and (where possible) computing resources with other hackers. Huge cooperative networks such as Usenet, FidoNet and Internet (see Internet address) can function without central control because of this trait; they both rely on and reinforce a sense of community that may be hackerdom's most valuable intangible asset.
  • haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
  • harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
  • have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
  • health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
  • heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
  • heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
  • hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
  • hit the mark — to achieve one's aim; be successful in one's attempt
  • hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
  • in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
  • inside track — the inner, or shorter, track of a racecourse.
  • intake valve — a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.
  • it takes two — If you say it takes two or it takes two to tango, you mean that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it.
  • karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
  • kavir desert — Dasht-e-Kavir.
  • keep it real — avoid affectation
  • keitai tanka — a 31-syllable Japanese poem, composed and distributed using a mobile phone
  • keratinocyte — An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
  • keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
  • keratotomies — Plural form of keratotomy.
  • ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
  • ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
  • keyboardists — Plural form of keyboardist.
  • kick starter — a starter, as of a motorcycle, that operates by a downward kick on a pedal.
  • kinaesthesia — kinesthesia.
  • kinaesthesis — kinesthesia.
  • kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
  • kind hearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
  • kind-hearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
  • kindergarten — a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
  • kinesiatrics — the treatment of disease by the use of gymnastics or muscle exercises
  • kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
  • kintergarden — Misspelling of kindergarten.
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