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.