13-letter words containing a, y, c, k
- piggyback car — a flatcar designed to accommodate containers or highway truck trailers.
- playback head — the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.
- playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- rankine cycle — the hypothetical cycle of a steam engine in which all heat transfers take place at constant pressure and in which expansion and compression occur adiabatically.
- reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
- sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
- security leak — a leak of information that could endanger public safety
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
- squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
- stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
- turkey carpet — a wool carpet made in one piece and having a deep velvety pile and rich glowing colours
- wacky tobacky — marijuana.
- with any luck — You can add with luck or with any luck to a statement to indicate that you hope that a particular thing will happen.
- yellow jacket — any of several paper wasps of the family Vespidae, having black and bright yellow bands.