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

  • starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
  • straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
  • straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
  • strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
  • szekesfehervar — a city in W central Hungary.
  • take the chair — to preside as chairman for a meeting, etc
  • take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
  • the great trek — the migration of Boer farmers with their slaves and African servants from the Cape Colony to the north and east from about 1836 to 1845 to escape British authority
  • the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
  • the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
  • the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
  • 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).
  • trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
  • up to the mark — acceptably good
  • white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
  • 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.
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