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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
  • galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.
  • 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).
  • 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
  • jackknife clam — any bivalve mollusk of the family Solenidae, especially of the genus Ensis, having a long, rectangular, slightly curved shell.
  • 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
  • kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
  • kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
  • lake champlain — a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times
  • lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
  • lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
  • lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
  • last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
  • laughing stock — object of others' amusement
  • laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • 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.
  • locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
  • long-neck clam — soft-shell clam.
  • longcase clock — tall freestanding timepiece
  • make allowance — to take circumstances, limitations, etc. into consideration
  • marginal hacks — (humour)   Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
  • mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
  • mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
  • naval barracks — a place where people in the Navy live
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
  • nickel acetate — a green, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 6 NiO 4 , used chiefly in nickel-plating.
  • nickel-plating — the process of depositing a thin layer of nickel on a surface, usually by electrolysis
  • norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
  • pearl necklace — jewelry: string of pearls
  • peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
  • platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
  • prawn cocktail — A prawn cocktail is a dish that consists of prawns, salad, and a sauce. It is usually eaten at the beginning of a meal.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • screen blanker — screen saver
  • snake mackerel — an elongate, deep-sea fish, Gempylus serpens, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having jutting jaws and strong teeth.
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