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14-letter words containing c, r, a, k, e

  • stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
  • take a picture — capture sb or sth on camera
  • take the chair — to preside as chairman for a meeting, etc
  • ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
  • the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
  • the-peacemaker — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
  • ticket barrier — gate in train station
  • ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
  • to break cover — If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
  • 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.
  • torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
  • 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.
  • trick or treat — Halloween tradition
  • trick-or-treat — to become involved or take part in trick or treat.
  • trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
  • vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
  • white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
  • work placement — temporary job, internship
  • wrecker's ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
  • wrecking crane — a crane for lifting and removing wrecked rolling stock.
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