14-letter words containing k, c, l
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
- cocktail onion — a small pickled onion served with drinks
- cocktail party — A cocktail party is a party, usually held in the early evening, where cocktails or other alcoholic drinks are served. People often dress quite formally for them.
- cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
- cocktail stick — a small pointed stick used for holding cherries, olives, etc, in cocktails, and for serving snacks, such as small sausages
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- colouring book — A colouring book is a book of simple drawings which children can colour in.
- common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
- condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
- console jockey — terminal junkie
- control rocket — a small rocket engine used to make corrections in the flight path of spacecraft or missiles.
- cracker-barrel — rural; rustic; homespun
- crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- crossbolt lock — a lock controlling two bolts moving in opposite directions, as to the top and bottom of a doorframe.
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
- cuckold's knot — a hitch, as for holding a spar, consisting of a single loop with the overlapping parts of the rope seized together.
- cut the cackle — to stop chattering; be quiet
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
- detective-like — like a detective; having characteristics of a detective
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- do one's block — to become angry
- dongle cracker — (security) Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
- doomsday clock — an image of a clockface representing the time remaining before the onset of a global catastrophe in terms of a number of minutes before midnight
- door-key child — latchkey child.
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
- early check-in — An early check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in earlier than the normal time.
- electric shock — electric current entering the body
- electrokinesis — (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
- electrokinetic — of or relating to the motion of charged particles and its effects
- electronic ink — a material consisting of microscopic cells that can be turned from white to black and vice versa with the application of a small electric charge allowing electronically stored text to appear on a paper-like substance
- electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
- florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
- forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
- fourfold block — a block having four pulleys or sheaves. Compare block (def 11).
- french tickler — a condom designed with knobs, projections, etc.
- frenkel defect — a crystal defect in which a lattice ion has moved to an interstitial position leaving a vacant lattice site
- fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
- gemuetlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.