14-letter words containing k, a, r, e, l
- rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- remarkableness — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- retail banking — banking for individual customers
- 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 island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- salary bracket — a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
- screen blanker — screen saver
- serial killing — multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
- skeleton draft — a basic or minimum draft or outline
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- snake mackerel — an elongate, deep-sea fish, Gempylus serpens, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having jutting jaws and strong teeth.
- social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- 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.
- 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.
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- take liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
- take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
- the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
- vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- welfare worker — sb who does social or community work
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- 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.