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14-letter words containing k, l, e, a, g

  • luggage locker — a large locker at a transport terminal or airport where luggage can be left temporarily
  • make a killing — If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
  • medieval greek — the Greek language of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500. Abbreviation: MGk, MGk., MGr.
  • megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
  • middle-ranking — A middle-ranking person has a fairly important or responsible position in a particular organization, but is not one of the most important people in it.
  • mileage ticket — a book (mileage book) or ticket containing coupons good for a certain number of miles of transportation at a fixed rate per mile.
  • nickel-plating — the process of depositing a thin layer of nickel on a surface, usually by electrolysis
  • package policy — an insurance policy which incorporates cover for different types of risk, such as liability and property
  • plain speaking — expressing oneself directly
  • purple grackle — the eastern subspecies of the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, of North America, having an iridescent purple back.
  • rangeley lakes — chain of lakes in W Me. & NE N.H.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • retail banking — banking for individual customers
  • roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
  • serial killing — multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons
  • 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
  • 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.
  • sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
  • strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
  • trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
  • unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
  • walking papers — notice of dismissal
  • walking ticket — walking papers.
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