14-letter words containing k, i, l, e, r, c
- like clockwork — the mechanism of a clock.
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- medical marker — a trait, condition, etc that indicates the presence of, or a probable increased predisposition towards, a medical or psychological disorder
- miracle worker — If you describe someone as a miracle worker, you mean that they have achieved or are able to achieve success in something that other people have found very difficult.
- neo-lamarckism — Lamarckism as expounded by later biologists who hold especially that some acquired characters of organisms may be inherited by descendants, but that natural selection also is a factor in evolution.
- oracle toolkit — Adaptable User Interface
- poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- practical joke — a playful trick, often involving some physical agent or means, in which the victim is placed in an embarrassing or disadvantageous position.
- quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
- quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- 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)
- schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
- shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
- skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- 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.
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
- winkle-pickers — shoes or boots with very pointed narrow toes, popular in the mid-20th century
- 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.