14-letter words containing k, i, r, e
- check register — A check register is a record of transactions in a checking account.
- checkerberries — Plural form of checkerberry.
- checkered lily — a lily, Fritillaria meleagris, native to Europe, having solitary, checkered, red-purple flowers mottled with greenish yellow.
- cheese skipper — a dipterous fly, Piophila casei, whose larvae feed on cheese and move by jumping: family Piophilidae
- cherry-picking — to select with great care: You can cherry-pick your own stereo components.
- chevra kadisha — a Jewish burial society, usually composed of unpaid volunteers who provide funerals for members of their congregation
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
- chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.
- chickenhearted — timid; fearful; cowardly.
- christmas cake — A Christmas cake is a special cake that is eaten at Christmas in Britain and some other countries.
- cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
- clock repairer — a person who mends clocks, watches, etc
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
- cookie monster — (recreation) (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- county cricket — (in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
- coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
- crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
- cylinder block — the metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling channels or fins of a reciprocating internal-combustion engine
- dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
- dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- denmark strait — a channel between SE Greenland and Iceland, linking the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic
- detective work — If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
- door-key child — latchkey child.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- dread to think — If you say that you dread to think what might happen, you mean that you are anxious about it because it is likely to be very unpleasant.
- drinking water — water that is safe to drink
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- 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.
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- 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
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- executive park — a commercial complex consisting of an office building set in parklike surroundings, often with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreational areas.
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
- figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
- fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- fortune cookie — a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.