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14-letter words containing k, e, i

  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
  • turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
  • turn the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
  • unbusinesslike — conforming to, attending to, or characteristic of business.
  • uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
  • united kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801–1922. 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Capital: London. Abbreviation: U.K.
  • universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
  • unknightliness — the quality or condition of being unknightly
  • vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
  • vernier rocket — a small, low-thrust rocket engine for correcting the heading and velocity of a long-range ballistic missile.
  • vickers number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.
  • walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • walking ticket — walking papers.
  • west berkshire — a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 200 (2003 est). Area: 705 sq km (272 sq miles)
  • west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
  • white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
  • white-knuckled — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • 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.
  • wide-awake hat — a hat with a low crown and very wide brim
  • wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
  • windsor rocker — a Windsor chair on rockers
  • winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
  • winning streak — several consecutive wins
  • working memory — temporary or short-term recall
  • working papers — documents permitting employment
  • wrecking crane — a crane for lifting and removing wrecked rolling stock.
  • write the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
  • yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
  • yenisei ostyak — Ket.
  • yorkshire bond — flying bond.
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