14-letter words containing k, a, r, d, e, n
- knacker's yard — a slaughterhouse for horses
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- load-line mark — any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line.
- make-and-break — noting or pertaining to a device, operated by an electric current, for automatically opening or closing a circuit once it has been closed or opened by a mechanical springlike device, as in a doorbell.
- meat and drink — a source of pleasure
- middle-ranking — A middle-ranking person has a fairly important or responsible position in a particular organization, but is not one of the most important people in it.
- 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.
- 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.
- orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
- 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.
- 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.
- rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
- ready reckoner — reckoner (def 2).
- roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- roanoke rapids — a city in NE North Carolina.
- rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- sonderkommando — a group of prisoners assigned to collect belongings and dispose of the bodies of other prisoners who had died or been killed.
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- 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
- take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
- vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
- wardrobe trunk — a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.