15-letter words containing t, r, a, c, k
- counterblockade — a retaliatory blockade
- 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.
- crude tank yard — A crude tank yard is a place where tanks of crude oil are stored.
- 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.
- currency market — a market in which banks and traders purchase and sell foreign currencies
- deck department — the part of a ship's crew, from the captain down, concerned with running the ship but not with heavy machinery or catering
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- drilling jacket — A drilling jacket is a small steel platform used for drilling wells in shallow and calm water.
- drug trafficker — someone that trades in illegal drugs
- emotional wreck — a person who is feeling very sad, confused, or desperate because of something bad that has happened to them
- entrance ticket — a ticket allowing the bearer to go into a place, such as a museum, monument, etc
- eureka stockade — a violent incident in Ballarat, Australia, in 1854 between gold miners and the military, as a result of which the miners won their democratic rights in the state parliament
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- fitness tracker — a wearable electronic device or a software application that monitors one's physical fitness and daily physical activity.
- forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- greenback party — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- hewlett-packard — (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and education in approximately 110 countries. HP was founded in 1939 and employs 96600 people, 58900 in the USA. They have manufacturing and R&D establishments in 54 cities in 16 countries and approximately 600 sales and service offices in 110 countries. Their revenue (in 1992/1993?) was $20.3 billion. The Chief Executive Officer is Lewis E. Platt. HP's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris exchanges. Quarterly sales $6053M, profits $347M (Aug 1994).
- hitchcock chair — a side chair of the early 19th century that has turned legs, a turned crest rail, and one or more slats in the back, and that is painted or stenciled in colors or gold on black.
- in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- jack the ripper — an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888
- jack-o'-lantern — a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed, traditionally made for display at Halloween.
- kaffeeklatscher — a person who participates, especially regularly, in a kaffee klatsch.
- kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
- kentish tracery — tracery, originating in Kent in the 14th century, having cusps with split ends.
- keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- kronecker delta — a function of two variables, i and j, which equals 1 when the variables have the same value, i = j, and equals 0 when the variables have different values, i ≠ j.
- leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
- leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
- leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
- linear-tracking — (of a tone arm) designed to move across a phonograph record in a straight line, instead of an arc, so that as the needle tracks the groove, its orientation remains unchanged.
- make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
- make tracks for — to go or head towards
- market research — investigation into consumers' needs
- market-research — to conduct market research on.
- megalokaryocyte — Megakaryocyte.
- merchant banker — A merchant banker is someone who works for a merchant bank.
- microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
- mohawk hair cut — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
- monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
- mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
- narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
- neck sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
- niche marketing — marketing aimed at a specialized group