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14-letter words containing a, c, k, n

  • block calendar — a calendar in the form of a block of sheets each printed with the date of one day
  • block faulting — the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.
  • block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock
  • block sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical literary analysis by random selection of a starting point and consideration of the continuous passage following it
  • brachypinakoid — the side parallel to the shorter horizontal axis in a crystal
  • bracket fungus — any saprotroph or parasitic fungus of the basidiomycetous family Polyporaceae, growing as a shelflike mass (bracket) from tree trunks and producing spores in vertical tubes in the bracket
  • brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
  • buckwheat note — shape note.
  • cable trunking — Cable trunking is an enclosure usually with a rectangular cross section, and with one removable or hinged side, that is used to protect cables and provide space for other electrical equipment.
  • cahokia mounds — the largest group of prehistoric Indian earthworks in the US, located northeast of East St Louis
  • calendar clock — a clock that indicates date of the month, day of the week, etc., as well as the time, and sometimes indicates the phases of the moon and other periodical data.
  • canada hemlock — a hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, of eastern North America, having horizontal branches that often droop to the ground: the state tree of Pennsylvania.
  • canceled check — a check that has been redeemed by a bank and then usually returned to the issuer.
  • cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
  • captain cooker — a wild pig
  • captain's pick — the selection by a team's captain of a player for that team, often a player who has not met criteria for automatic selection
  • captain's walk — widow's walk
  • carbonate rock — Carbonate rock is a sedimentary rock which is composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃).
  • casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
  • chain pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
  • chalk and talk — a formal method of teaching, in which the focal points are the blackboard and the teacher's voice, as contrasted with more informal child-centred activities
  • champagne cork — a cork used in a champagne bottle
  • chartered bank — a privately owned bank that has been incorporated by Parliament to operate in the commercial banking system
  • chicken breast — pigeon breast
  • chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
  • chickenhearted — timid; fearful; cowardly.
  • chinook jargon — a pidgin language containing elements of Native American languages, English, and French: formerly used among fur traders and Indians on the NW coast of North America
  • chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
  • cinnamon stick — a rolled strip of the dried aromatic bark of the tropical Asian lauraceous tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, used as a spice for flavouring food and drink
  • clean and jerk — a lift in which a barbell is raised from the floor to shoulder height where it is brought to rest and then, with a lunging movement by the lifter, is thrust overhead so the arms extend straight in the air, being held in this position for a short, specified length of time.
  • clean-and-jerk — a lift in weightlifting in which the weight is held momentarily at shoulder height before being thrust overhead
  • clinkety-clank — a succession of alternating clinks and clanks: the clinkety-clank of armored vehicles on the rough road.
  • clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
  • cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
  • cocktail onion — a small pickled onion served with drinks
  • common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
  • communism peak — a peak of the Pamir mountains, in NE Tajikistan. 24,590 feet (7495 meters).
  • container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
  • counter-attack — If you counter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
  • counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
  • cracker bonbon — a thin, crisp biscuit.
  • currency snake — an exchange rate system that operated between various member countries of the EEC during the 1970s, in which exchange rates between the currencies of the participating states were only allowed to fluctuate within a restricted range
  • custodian bank — A custodian bank is a bank that holds customer assets in safety.
  • dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
  • dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
  • decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
  • decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
  • defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • dongle cracker — (security)   Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
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