14-letter words containing d, e, c, k, a
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- duck and drake — ducks and drakes (def 1).
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
- indian grackle — a starling, Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- kidney machine — artificial kidney.
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- medical marker — a trait, condition, etc that indicates the presence of, or a probable increased predisposition towards, a medical or psychological disorder
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- packed decimal — binary coded decimal
- paddock-basher — a vehicle suited to driving on rough terrain
- payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
- peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
- peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
- pick's disease — a condition characterized by progressive deterioration of the brain with atrophy of the cerebral cortex, esp. the frontal lobes, and evidenced in loss of memory and emotional instability
- promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
- ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
- record-breaker — A record-breaker is someone or something that beats the previous best result in a sport or other activity.
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
- sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- 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.
- 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
- torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
- unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage