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

  • 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's walk — widow's walk
  • 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
  • chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
  • chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
  • drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
  • early check-in — An early check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in earlier than the normal time.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
  • floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
  • florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
  • flotation tank — an enclosed ventilated tank filled with a saline solution at body temperature, in which a person floats in darkness in order to relax or meditate
  • franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
  • front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
  • galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
  • garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
  • general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.
  • greek valerian — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. reptans, having pinnate leaves and blue flowers.
  • ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
  • hairline crack — a very fine crack
  • harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
  • have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling
  • holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
  • in at the kill — present at the end or climax of some undertaking
  • in-line skates — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
  • indian grackle — a starling, Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • internal clock — biological clock.
  • into the black — into a profitable condition financially
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