14-letter words containing k, r, i, s, t
- 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.
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
- to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
- tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
- train sickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the motion of the train in which one is traveling.
- trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- 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.
- visitors' book — a book in a public building in which people write their names and addresses and any comments they have about the place
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- west berkshire — a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 200 (2003 est). Area: 705 sq km (272 sq miles)
- west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
- whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
- wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
- winning streak — several consecutive wins
- 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.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.