14-letter words containing k, t
- dunkirk spirit — fortitude and stoicism in a demanding or dangerous situation
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- east pakistani — of or relating to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) or its inhabitants
- 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
- electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
- 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.
- factory worker — manufacturing labourer
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- fitted kitchen — a kitchen with units that are attached to the wall
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation
- floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
- flotation tank — an enclosed ventilated tank filled with a saline solution at body temperature, in which a person floats in darkness in order to relax or meditate
- folk etymology — a modification of a linguistic form according either to a falsely assumed etymology, as Welsh rarebit from Welsh rabbit, or to a historically irrelevant analogy, as bridegroom from bridegome.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
- 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.
- forward market — future commodities trading
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- free-marketeer — A free-marketeer is someone, especially a politician, who thinks market forces should control the economy.
- french cricket — a child's game resembling cricket, in which the batsman's legs are used as the wicket
- french tickler — a condom designed with knobs, projections, etc.
- frenkel defect — a crystal defect in which a lattice ion has moved to an interstitial position leaving a vacant lattice site
- front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- futtock shroud — any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.
- futures market — a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
- galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
- gemuetlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
- genetic marker — any distinct inheritable indicator of identity and ancestry.
- get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- get/go to work — If you get to work, go to work, or set to work on a job, task, or problem, you start doing it or dealing with it.
- go in the tank — to lose or fail badly or on purpose
- go to the pack — to fall into a lower state or condition
- goodnight kiss — a kiss given to a person before going home or going to sleep
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- grass parakeet — any of several Australian parakeets, especially the budgerigar.
- great kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- greek alphabet — the alphabetical script derived from a Semitic alphabet by way of the Phoenicians, used from about the 8th century b.c. for the writing of Greek, and forming the basis of many other scripts, including Latin and Cyrillic. The letters of the Greek alphabet are: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu1 , xi, omicron, pi1 , rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi1 , psi1 , omega.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
- gulf of tonkin — an arm of the South China Sea, bordered by N Vietnam, the Leizhou Peninsula of SW China, and Hainan Island. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- hacking jacket — a riding jacket having a tight waist, flared skirt, slanted pockets with flaps, and slits or vents at the sides or back.
- hakuna mathata — no problem