14-letter words containing k, i, n, g, c
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- sticking point — a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.
- sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- striking price — in an option contract, the specified price at which a stock, commodity, etc. may be bought or sold; the price at which an investor can exercise profitably a put or call
- sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
- tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- track lighting — lighting for a room or other area in which individual spotlight fixtures are attached along a narrow, wall- or ceiling-mounted metal track through which current is conducted, permitting flexible positioning of the lights.
- tracking radar — a radar system emitting a narrow beam which oscillates about the target, thus compensating for abrupt changes of direction
- uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
- virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
- walking ticket — walking papers.
- whistling duck — any of several long-legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries.
- wrecking crane — a crane for lifting and removing wrecked rolling stock.