14-letter words containing a, n, t, l, k
- 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.
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
- 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
- to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
- tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
- 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.
- unthankfulness — the quality or condition of being unthankful; lack of thankfulness; ungratefulness
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
- walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walking ticket — walking papers.
- wollaston lake — a lake in NE Saskatchewan, in central Canada. About 796 sq. mi. (2062 sq. km).
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- you can't talk — you yourself are guilty of offending in the very matter you are decrying