14-letter words containing r, a, k
- take liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
- take the chair — to preside as chairman for a meeting, etc
- take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- take years off — to make (someone) feel or look much younger
- tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
- ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
- test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
- the great trek — the migration of Boer farmers with their slaves and African servants from the Cape Colony to the north and east from about 1836 to 1845 to escape British authority
- the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
- the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
- the milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- the-peacemaker — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
- ticket barrier — gate in train station
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- to break cover — If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
- to break ranks — If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
- to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
- tokara islands — a group of Japanese islands in the W Pacific Ocean, in the N Ryukyu Islands.
- toorak tractor — a luxury four-wheel drive or sport utility vehicle
- torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
- track lighting — lighting for a room or other area in which individual spotlight fixtures are attached along a narrow, wall- or ceiling-mounted metal track through which current is conducted, permitting flexible positioning of the lights.
- tracking radar — a radar system emitting a narrow beam which oscillates about the target, thus compensating for abrupt changes of direction
- train sickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the motion of the train in which one is traveling.
- treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
- trick or treat — Halloween tradition
- trick-or-treat — to become involved or take part in trick or treat.
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- turkey buzzard — turkey vulture.
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable
- universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
- unknown factor — a factor that is not known or understood
- up to the mark — acceptably good
- upper tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- vandyke collar — a wide collar of lace and linen with the edge formed into scallops or deep points.
- vibropac block — a precast concrete building block
- 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.
- voluntary work — unpaid employment for a cause
- walk away from — to outdistance easily; defeat handily
- walkaround pay — extra pay earned by an employee for accompanying an official inspector on a plant tour or around a job site.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wardrobe trunk — a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.
- welfare worker — sb who does social or community work
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- 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