14-letter words containing a, k, t, h
- talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- the all blacks — the international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the black belt — a region of the southern US extending from Georgia across central Alabama and Mississippi, in which the population contains a large number of Black people: also noted for its fertile black soil
- the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the great trek — the migration of Boer farmers with their slaves and African servants from the Cape Colony to the north and east from about 1836 to 1845 to escape British authority
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
- the joe blakes — the DT's
- the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
- the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- the-peacemaker — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
- thick and fast — If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers.
- thick and thin — all manner of difficulties
- ticket machine — automated ticket dispenser
- to change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
- to shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.
- tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
- track lighting — lighting for a room or other area in which individual spotlight fixtures are attached along a narrow, wall- or ceiling-mounted metal track through which current is conducted, permitting flexible positioning of the lights.
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- unthankfulness — the quality or condition of being unthankful; lack of thankfulness; ungratefulness
- up to the mark — acceptably good
- vishakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
- walk away with — escape
- walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
- wide-awake hat — a hat with a low crown and very wide brim
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).