16-letter words containing k, r, t
- take for granted — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- take holy orders — to become ordained
- take the liberty — do sth without permission
- take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
- take to the road — to start traveling; set out
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
- the great karroo — karroo in S South Africa: c. 350 mi (563 km) long & 2,000 to 3,000 ft (610 to 914 m) high
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- the little karoo — a high arid plateau in South Africa
- theatre workshop — a theatre company that is noted for the unconventional theatrical performances it puts on, especially with reference to a company based in the East End of London from 1953 to 1973 that was founded in 1945 by Joan Littlewood
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
- thinking pattern — manner of thinking
- thinking through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- three musketeers — French Les Trois Mousquetaires. a historical novel (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père.
- three-card trick — a game in which players bet on which of three inverted playing cards is the queen
- ticket collector — transport worker who checks tickets
- tiger kidnapping — a kidnapping in which one or more hostages are taken to coerce another person, usually a relation of the person or people held, to take part in a crime
- tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
- to break the ice — If you break the ice at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable.
- to keep a secret — If you say that someone can keep a secret, you mean that they can be trusted not to tell other people a secret that you have told them.
- to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
- to rock the boat — If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
- to try your luck — If someone tries their luck at something, they try to succeed at it, often when it is very difficult or there is little chance of success.
- tool builder kit — (tool) (TBK) A product from IPSYS which allows users to develop CASE tools appropriate to any software engineering methodology.
- tracking station — a facility equipped with instrumentation for following the flight path of, communicating with, and collecting data from a rocket or spacecraft.
- traveler's check — a check issued in any of various denominations by a bank, travel agency, etc., that is signed by the purchaser upon purchase and again, in the presence of the payee, when cashing the check or using it to pay for goods or services.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
- trick-or-treater — a person, typically a child, who goes from door to door in costume on Halloween asking for candy or other treats
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- two-stroke cycle — See under two-cycle.
- up with the lark — up early in the morning
- vest-pocket park — pocket park.
- voluntary worker — a person who serves or acts in a specified function of their own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
- walk the streets — to be a prostitute
- waterless cooker — a tight-lidded kitchen utensil in which food can be cooked using only a small amount of water or only the juices emitted while cooking.
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- winter crookneck — any of several winter varieties of squash, Cucurbita moschata, having elongated, curved necks.
- wrought ironwork — decorative work in wrought iron