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14-letter words that end in k

  • pipeline break — (architecture)   (Or "pipeline stall") The delay caused on a processor using pipelines when a transfer of control is taken. Normally when a control-transfer instruction (a branch, conditional branch, call or trap) is taken, any following instructions which have been loaded into the processor's pipeline must be discarded or "flushed" and new instructions loaded from the branch destination. This introduces a delay before the processor can resume execution. "Delayed control-transfer" is a technique used to reduce this effect.
  • placido's disk — a device marked with concentric black rings, used to detect corneal irregularities.
  • platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
  • pointing stick — TrackPoint
  • poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
  • polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
  • pop one's cork — the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
  • portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
  • printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
  • promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
  • protocol stack — (protocol)   A layered set of protocols which work together to provide a set of network functions. Each intermediate protocol layer uses the layer below it to provide a service to the layer above. The OSI seven layer model is an attempt to provide a standard framework within which to describe protocol stacks.
  • pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
  • quiescent tank — a tank, usually for sewage sludge, in which the sludge is allowed to remain for a time so that sedimentation can occur
  • quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
  • ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
  • railroad track — railway line
  • reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
  • recovery stock — a security that has fallen in price but is believed to have the ability to recover
  • reference book — a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.
  • reference mark — Surveying. a permanent mark set at a specific distance in a specific direction from a survey station so as to permit accurate reestablishment of the station.
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • reservoir rock — rock that has sufficient porosity to contain accumulations of oil or gas.
  • rotating stock — Rotating stock is a system used especially in food stores and to reduce wastage, in which the oldest stock is moved to the front of shelves and new stock is added at the back.
  • russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
  • saratoga trunk — a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.
  • satellite link — a link between a transmitting station and a receiving station via an artificial satellite
  • schoolies week — (in Australia) a week when large numbers of school leavers gather together for a holiday away from home after the end of their final exams
  • schumann-heink — Ernestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.
  • sea of okhotsk — part of the NW Pacific, surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin Island, and the E coast of Siberia. Area: 1 589 840 sq km (613 838 sq miles)
  • security check — the process of checking that a person is not armed, or carrying something dangerous
  • sensor network — a network of tiny autonomous devices embedded in everyday objects or sprinkled on the ground, able to communicate using wireless links
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
  • shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
  • shooting stick — a device resembling a cane or walking stick, with a spike on one end and a small, folding seat on the other, often used by spectators at outdoor sporting events.
  • smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
  • st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • stack the deck — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • stop the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
  • suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
  • sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
  • surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
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