15-letter words containing a, l, k, i, c
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
- talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- telekinetically — in a telekinetic manner
- ticket of leave — (formerly) a permit allowing a convict to leave prison, under certain restrictions, and go to work before having served a full term, somewhat similar to a certificate of parole.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- to call in sick — If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.
- track and field — athletics events
- track athletics — sporting activities, such as relay running or sprinting, which take place on a running track
- track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- trickle charger — a small mains-operated battery charger, esp one that delivers less than 5 amperes and is used by car owners
- turk's-cap lily — either of two lilies, Lilum martagon or L. superbum, having nodding flowers with the perianth segments rolled backward.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- walk-in traffic — The walk-in traffic of a store is the number of people who choose to visit it as they pass by.
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
- working capital — the amount of capital needed to carry on a business.