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

  • cut the cackle — to stop chattering; be quiet
  • dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
  • donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
  • galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
  • general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
  • grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
  • 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.
  • herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
  • in at the kill — present at the end or climax of some undertaking
  • in-line skates — a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • internal clock — biological clock.
  • into the black — into a profitable condition financially
  • just like that — suddenly
  • kaffee klatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kaffeeklatches — Plural form of kaffeeklatch.
  • kaieteur falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
  • kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
  • kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
  • kalamata olive — a purplish-black, almond-shaped olive with a fruity flavor and meaty texture, often split and cured in brine and packed in vinegar.
  • kapellmeisters — Plural form of kapellmeister.
  • kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
  • kawartha lakes — a group of lakes in S Ontario, Canada, on the Trent Canal system.
  • kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
  • keep a lookout — If someone keeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger.
  • keep-fit class — an exercise class designed to promote physical fitness
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • khaki election — a general election held during or immediately after a war, esp one in which the war has an effect on how people vote
  • kilogram-meter — a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m.
  • kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
  • kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
  • kleptoparasite — A bird, insect, or other animal that habitually robs animals of other species of food.
  • knight templar — Templar.
  • krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
  • lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
  • lake athabaska — a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
  • lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
  • lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
  • lake trasimene — a lake in central Italy, in Umbria: the largest lake in central Italy; scene of Hannibal's victory over the Romans in 217 bc. Area: 128 sq km (49 sq miles)
  • lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
  • late check-out — A late check-out at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check out later than the normal time.
  • laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
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