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13-letter words containing t, a, k, e, o

  • mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
  • mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
  • mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
  • network layer — (networking)   (communications subnet layer) The third lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The network layer determines routing of packets of data from sender to receiver via the data link layer and is used by the transport layer. The most common network layer protocol is IP.
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • off the track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • on the market — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
  • outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
  • outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
  • overtalkative — characterized by a tendency to talk excessively
  • package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
  • peacock plant — a plant, Calathea makoyana, native to Brazil, having leaves that are spotted on the upper surface and purple on the lower surface.
  • petrol tanker — a specially equipped ship or truck for transporting petrol and other fuels
  • petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • pocket-square — a handkerchief, often colored or figured, worn in the breast pocket of a suit or blazer as a fashion accessory.
  • pollen basket — (of bees) a smooth area on the hind tibia of each leg fringed with long hairs and serving to transport pollen.
  • pompton lakes — a town in NE New Jersey.
  • poplar kitten — a moth, (Furcula bifida,) which has larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • porkpie (hat) — a man's soft hat with a round, flat crown
  • power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
  • question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
  • racket sports — sports, such as tennis, squash, badminton, etc, that are played using a racket
  • realpolitiker — someone who practises or believes in realpolitik
  • rock the boat — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
  • rocket attack — a missile attack
  • sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
  • season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • sirloin steak — cut of beef
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
  • smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
  • social market — an economic system in which industry and commerce are run by private enterprise within limits set by the government to ensure equality of opportunity and social and environmental responsibility
  • sports jacket — a jacket, often of textured wool or colorful pattern, with a collar, lapels, long sleeves, and buttons in the front, cut somewhat fuller than the jacket of a business suit, worn with slacks for informal occasions.
  • sportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • station break — an interval between or during programs for identifying the station, making announcements, etc.
  • steve wozniak — (person)   Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
  • stock footage — film containing stock shots.
  • stokes' aster — a composite plant, Stokesia laevis, having lavender-blue, asterlike flowers.
  • streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
  • streptokinase — an enzyme used to dissolve blood clots.
  • take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
  • take by storm — be a sudden success
  • take its toll — If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering.
  • take leave of — to say goodbye to
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