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14-letter words containing c, a, s, k

  • stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
  • stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
  • straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
  • struck measure — a measure, especially of grain, level with the top of a receptacle.
  • suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
  • surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
  • tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • telescope peak — a mountain in SE California: highest peak in the Panamint Range, above Death Valley. 11,049 feet (3368 meters).
  • the all blacks — the international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
  • the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
  • the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
  • thick and fast — If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers.
  • ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
  • to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
  • train sickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the motion of the train in which one is traveling.
  • treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
  • virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
  • walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
  • wrecker's ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
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