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14-letter words containing c, o, k, s, t, r

  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • stick together — be united
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
  • stock turnover — the rate at which stock is sold and replenished
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
  • 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.
  • treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
  • trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
  • trouser pocket — a pocket in a pair of trousers
  • try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
  • 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.
  • volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
  • work prospects — chances of gaining employment
  • writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
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