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14-letter words containing k, i, s, n, g, e

  • self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
  • self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • serial killing — multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons
  • shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
  • smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
  • speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • speaking voice — a person's normal voice in which they speak
  • spring chicken — a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
  • sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
  • 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.
  • stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
  • 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
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
  • unknightliness — the quality or condition of being unknightly
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • winning streak — several consecutive wins
  • working papers — documents permitting employment
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