14-letter words containing i, n, k, p
- purkinje fiber — any of the specialized cardiac muscle fibers forming a network in the ventricular walls that conduct electric impulses responsible for the contractions of the ventricles.
- quick response — fast reaction time
- reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
- record-keeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- skinny-dipping — to swim in the nude.
- space sickness — a complex of symptoms including nausea, lethargy, headache, and sweating, occurring among astronauts under conditions of weightlessness.
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- speaking voice — a person's normal voice in which they speak
- spick and span — spotlessly clean and neat: a spick-and-span kitchen.
- spick-and-span — spotlessly clean and neat: a spick-and-span kitchen.
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- spring chicken — a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.
- spy-in-the-sky — of or relating to a surveillance camera mounted on an aircraft or orbiting satellite
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- sticking point — a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.
- 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.
- striking price — in an option contract, the specified price at which a stock, commodity, etc. may be bought or sold; the price at which an investor can exercise profitably a put or call
- take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
- think positive — be optimistic
- vishakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
- working papers — documents permitting employment