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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
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