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15-letter words that end in k

  • give me a break — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
  • give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
  • go to the block — to be beheaded
  • greenfield park — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
  • groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
  • 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.
  • high-water mark — a mark showing the highest level reached by a body of water.
  • hog-nosed skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
  • holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
  • huntington park — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
  • industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
  • investment bank — a financial institution that deals chiefly in the underwriting of new securities.
  • ivano-frankovsk — a city in W Ukraine, S of Lvov.
  • knock-for-knock — designating an agreement between vehicle insurers that in the event of an accident each will pay for the damage to the vehicle insured with him or her without attempting to establish blame for the accident
  • kommunizma peak — a mountain in SE Tajikistan in the Pamirs: the highest mountain in the former Soviet Union. Height: 7495 m (24 590 ft)
  • lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • 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).
  • lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
  • liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
  • lodgepole creek — a river in SE Wyoming, SW Nebraska, and NE Colorado, flowing E to the South Platte River. 212 miles (341 km) long.
  • long-case clock — tall-case clock.
  • make a comeback — popular again
  • make one's mark — a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
  • massapequa park — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • mitigate a risk — If something or someone mitigates a risk, they make the effects of a loss or risk less unpleasant, harmful, or serious.
  • molecular clock — the changes in the amino acid sequences of proteins that take place during evolution and speciation, and from which the dates of branchings of taxonomic groups can be deduced.
  • moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
  • never look back — to become increasingly successful
  • not care a fuck — not to care at all
  • novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
  • oil of the sick — holy oil used in the sacrament of extreme unction.
  • old boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
  • old-boy network — an exclusive network that links members of a profession, social class, or organization or the alumni of a particular school through which the individuals assist one another in business, politics, etc.
  • on/off the mark — If something is off the mark, it is inaccurate or incorrect. If it is on the mark, it is accurate or correct.
  • partners---desk — a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.
  • pat on the back — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
  • pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
  • percussion lock — a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.
  • perpetual check — a continuing series of checks resulting in a drawn game because they cannot be halted or evaded without resulting in checkmate or a serious disadvantage.
  • pink-shirt book — (publication)   "The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC". The original cover featured a picture of Peter Norton with a silly smirk on his face, wearing a pink shirt. Perhaps in recognition of this usage, the current edition has a different picture of Norton wearing a pink shirt. See also book titles.
  • point-and-click — of or denoting an interface with which the user typically interacts by using a mouse to move the cursor and then clicking on a screen object.
  • postman's knock — a children's party game in which a kiss is exchanged for a pretend letter
  • preferred stock — stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.
  • push one's luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
  • railway network — a system of intersecting rail routes
  • reception clerk — a person who works in a hotel at the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
  • red-tailed hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish-brown tail.
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