14-letter words containing e, s, k, a
- to make a fuss — If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain.
- 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.
- 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.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
- unthankfulness — the quality or condition of being unthankful; lack of thankfulness; ungratefulness
- upper tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
- vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
- walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
- wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
- winning streak — several consecutive wins
- wollaston lake — a lake in NE Saskatchewan, in central Canada. About 796 sq. mi. (2062 sq. km).
- working papers — documents permitting employment
- wrecker's ball — a heavy metal ball swung on a cable from a crane and used in demolition work.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yenisei ostyak — Ket.
- yesterday week — a week yesterday; a week ago from yesterday