14-letter words containing c, l, a, k
- block capitals — Block capitals are simple capital letters that are not decorated in any way.
- block faulting — the process by which tensional forces in the earth's crust cause large bodies of rock to founder.
- block mountain — a mountain produced by faulting and the uplifting of large blocks of rock
- block sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical literary analysis by random selection of a starting point and consideration of the continuous passage following it
- bokhara clover — white melilot.
- braddock hills — a town in SE Pennsylvania.
- brass knuckles — linked metal rings or a metal bar with holes for the fingers, worn for rough fighting
- breakfast club — a service that provides a breakfast for children who arrive early at school
- buckwheat coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 5/16 to 9/16 inch (7.9 to 13.9 m).
- cable trunking — Cable trunking is an enclosure usually with a rectangular cross section, and with one removable or hinged side, that is used to protect cables and provide space for other electrical equipment.
- calendar clock — a clock that indicates date of the month, day of the week, etc., as well as the time, and sometimes indicates the phases of the moon and other periodical data.
- canada hemlock — a hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, of eastern North America, having horizontal branches that often droop to the ground: the state tree of Pennsylvania.
- canceled check — a check that has been redeemed by a bank and then usually returned to the issuer.
- cantankerously — In a cantankerous manner.
- capital market — the financial institutions collectively that deal with medium-term and long-term capital and loans
- captain's walk — widow's walk
- carriage clock — a portable clock, usually in a rectangular case with a handle on the top, of a type originally used by travellers
- chain pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
- chalk and talk — a formal method of teaching, in which the focal points are the blackboard and the teacher's voice, as contrasted with more informal child-centred activities
- chaparral cock — roadrunner
- checkered flag — a flag having a pattern of black and white squares, used to signal that a car has crossed the finish line and completed its race.
- chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
- chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
- chocolate cake — a cake flavoured with cocoa or chocolate
- chocolate milk — milk flavored with chocolate syrup or powdered chocolate.
- clean and jerk — a lift in which a barbell is raised from the floor to shoulder height where it is brought to rest and then, with a lunging movement by the lifter, is thrust overhead so the arms extend straight in the air, being held in this position for a short, specified length of time.
- clean-and-jerk — a lift in weightlifting in which the weight is held momentarily at shoulder height before being thrust overhead
- clickety-clack — a rhythmic, swiftly paced succession of alternating clicks and clacks, as the sound produced by the wheels of a train moving over tracks.
- cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
- clinkety-clank — a succession of alternating clinks and clanks: the clinkety-clank of armored vehicles on the rough road.
- clock repairer — a person who mends clocks, watches, etc
- clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
- cocktail onion — a small pickled onion served with drinks
- cocktail party — A cocktail party is a party, usually held in the early evening, where cocktails or other alcoholic drinks are served. People often dress quite formally for them.
- cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
- cocktail stick — a small pointed stick used for holding cherries, olives, etc, in cocktails, and for serving snacks, such as small sausages
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
- cracker-barrel — rural; rustic; homespun
- crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
- cut the cackle — to stop chattering; be quiet
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993