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14-letter words containing d, a, k, t

  • herniated disk — an abnormal protrusion of a spinal disk between vertebrae, most often in the lumbar region of the spine, causing pain due to pressure on spinal nerves.
  • jackson method — (programming)   A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
  • kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
  • kindergartener — a child who attends a kindergarten.
  • kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
  • kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
  • linkage editor — linker
  • linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
  • make a dent in — a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
  • make ends meet — the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
  • make the grade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
  • meat and drink — a source of pleasure
  • milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
  • milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
  • naked mole rat — a nearly hairless rodent, Heterocephalus glaber, of eastern African dry steppes and savannas, having two protruding upper and lower front teeth and living entirely underground in colonies, based on a single breeding female and specialized workers of both sexes.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • partners' desk — a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.
  • peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
  • railroad track — railway line
  • rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
  • saddle blanket — a saddle-shaped pad, as of felt or sheepskin, placed beneath the saddle to prevent it from irritating the horse's skin.
  • serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
  • skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • stack the deck — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
  • stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
  • stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • 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.
  • suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
  • take a dislike — If you take a dislike to someone or something, you decide that you do not like them.
  • take a hand in — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • take the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • take the stand — to sit (or stand) in the designated place in a courtroom and give testimony
  • takeout double — informatory double.
  • tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
  • thick and fast — If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers.
  • thick and thin — all manner of difficulties
  • to shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.
  • tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
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