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14-letter words containing a, t, c, k, i

  • container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
  • crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
  • croagh patrick — a mountain in NW Republic of Ireland, in Mayo: a place of pilgrimage as Saint Patrick is said to have prayed and fasted there. Height: 765 m (2510 ft)
  • crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
  • 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
  • downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
  • drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
  • executive park — a commercial complex consisting of an office building set in parklike surroundings, often with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreational areas.
  • 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.
  • floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
  • fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
  • galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
  • genetic marker — any distinct inheritable indicator of identity and ancestry.
  • greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
  • hacking jacket — a riding jacket having a tight waist, flared skirt, slanted pockets with flaps, and slits or vents at the sides or back.
  • heart-stricken — deeply grieved or greatly dismayed
  • herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
  • heterokaryotic — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
  • holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
  • hyperkeratotic — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
  • income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
  • 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
  • kakistocracies — Plural form of kakistocracy.
  • karnatak music — the classical music of South India
  • karstification — the process of turning into karst
  • karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
  • keep pace with — to proceed at the same speed as
  • keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • khaki election — a general election held during or immediately after a war, esp one in which the war has an effect on how people vote
  • kick the habit — quit smoking
  • kinematic pair — pair1 (def 10).
  • kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
  • kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
  • kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
  • lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
  • last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
  • latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
  • laughing stock — object of others' amusement
  • laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • library ticket — a ticket admitting a person access to a library, esp a reference library
  • line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
  • lipstick plant — any of several trailing, epiphytic vines of the genus Aeschynanthus, of the gesneria family, especially A. pulcher or A. radicans, native to southeast Asia, having tubular red or orange flowers.
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
  • megakaryocytic — Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes.
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