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14-letter words containing k, i, d, l, e

  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • packed decimal — binary coded decimal
  • palisades park — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
  • pickled onions — onions which have been preserved in vinegar or brine
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
  • pyramidal peak — a sharp peak formed where the ridges separating three or more cirques intersect; horn
  • rank-and-filer — a member of the rank and file.
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • roanoke island — an island off the NE coast of North Carolina, S of Albemarle Sound: site of Raleigh's unsuccessful colonizing attempts 1585, 1587.
  • sheffield lake — a town in N Ohio.
  • shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • social drinker — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
  • spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
  • sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
  • swamp milkweed — a coarse milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, growing in swampy places from eastern North America to Colorado, having ball-like clusters of rose-purple flowers.
  • take a dislike — If you take a dislike to someone or something, you decide that you do not like them.
  • take the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
  • white-knuckled — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
  • wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
  • wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
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