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15-letter words containing ak

  • make-up remover — a substance that you use to remove make-up from your face
  • microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
  • no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • not to speak of — You can use not to speak of when adding something which your previous statement also applies to, or applies to even more than other things.
  • pancake make-up — make up in cake form applied to the face with a sponge in order to cover up imperfections and even out skin tone
  • parachute brake — a parachute opened horizontally from the tail of an airplane upon landing, used as an aid in braking. Also called parabrake. Compare drogue parachute (def 2).
  • peak experience — a high point in the life of a self-actualizer, during which the person feels ecstatic and more alive and whole than is usual.
  • peak production — the maximum production
  • pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
  • phenakistoscope — an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving
  • plumber's snake — snake (def 3a).
  • power breakfast — If business people have a power breakfast, they go to a restaurant early in the morning so that they can have a meeting while they eat breakfast.
  • prairie breaker — breaker1 (def 6).
  • programme-maker — someone who creates programmes for television and radio
  • public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
  • put the make on — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • rake's progress — a series of paintings and engravings by William Hogarth.
  • record-breaking — top, most successful
  • rib-eye (steak) — a beefsteak cut from the rib section, with the bone removed
  • rimsky-korsakov — Nicolai Andreevich [nyi-kuh-lahy uhn-drye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kəˈlaɪ ʌnˈdryɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1908, Russian composer.
  • sahitya akademi — a body set up by the Government of India for cultivating literature in Indian languages and in English
  • saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
  • sargon of akkad — 24th to 23rd century bc, semilegendary Mesopotamian ruler whose empire extended from the Gulf to the Mediterranean
  • senkaku islands — a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea; claimed by China and Japan
  • south salt lake — a town in N Utah.
  • speaking as sth — You can say 'speaking as a parent' or 'speaking as a teacher', for example, to indicate that the opinion you are giving is based on your experience as a parent or as a teacher.
  • speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
  • sport one's oak — to shut this door as a sign one does not want visitors
  • steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
  • swamp white oak — an oak, Quercus bicolor, of eastern North America, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in shipbuilding, for making furniture, etc.
  • take a crack at — attempt sth
  • take a shine to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
  • take account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
  • take for a ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • take issue with — disagree with
  • take it from me — You can say 'take it from me' to tell someone that you are absolutely sure that what you are saying is correct, and that they should believe you.
  • take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • take one's ease — to relax and be comfortable
  • take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
  • take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
  • take one's time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • take one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • take sb to task — If you take someone to task, you criticize them or tell them off because of something bad or wrong that they have done.
  • take the mickey — mock
  • take the pledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
  • take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
  • the earthshaker — Poseidon (or Neptune) in his capacity as the bringer of earthquakes
  • to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
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