16-letter words containing c, a, r, t, k
- sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
- stock car racing — the sport of racing in stock cars
- strike a balance — compromise
- take a raincheck — to accept the postponement of an offer
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
- three-card trick — a game in which players bet on which of three inverted playing cards is the queen
- to break the ice — If you break the ice at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable.
- to keep a secret — If you say that someone can keep a secret, you mean that they can be trusted not to tell other people a secret that you have told them.
- to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
- to rock the boat — If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
- tracking station — a facility equipped with instrumentation for following the flight path of, communicating with, and collecting data from a rocket or spacecraft.
- traveler's check — a check issued in any of various denominations by a bank, travel agency, etc., that is signed by the purchaser upon purchase and again, in the presence of the payee, when cashing the check or using it to pay for goods or services.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
- trick-or-treater — a person, typically a child, who goes from door to door in costume on Halloween asking for candy or other treats
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- vest-pocket park — pocket park.
- waterless cooker — a tight-lidded kitchen utensil in which food can be cooked using only a small amount of water or only the juices emitted while cooking.
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.