14-letter words containing r, a, n, k, i, g
- marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
- mass marketing — the organization of the sale of a product to a large number of people
- micromarketing — the marketing of products or services designed to meet the needs of a very small section of the market
- middle-ranking — A middle-ranking person has a fairly important or responsible position in a particular organization, but is not one of the most important people in it.
- migrant-worker — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
- milking parlor — a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.
- mourning cloak — a common butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) having purplish-brown wings with a wide yellow border, found throughout Europe and North America
- nerve wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nerve-wracking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- neuromarketing — the process of researching the brain patterns of consumers to reveal their responses to particular advertisements and products before developing new advertising campaigns and branding techniques
- packet writing — (storage) A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
- parking garage — A parking garage is a building where people can leave their cars.
- parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
- parking sensor — A parking sensor is a device on a vehicle which detects obstacles and alerts the driver if the vehicle comes too close to them when being parked.
- parking ticket — written notice of a parking violation
- pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
- quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- raking cornice — either of two straight, sloping cornices on a pediment following or suggesting the slopes of a roof.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- reefing jacket — a man's short double-breasted jacket of sturdy wool
- retail banking — banking for individual customers
- ringneck snake — any of several small, nonvenomous North American snakes of the genus Diadophis, usually having a conspicuous yellow or orange ring around the neck.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- rotating stock — Rotating stock is a system used especially in food stores and to reduce wastage, in which the oldest stock is moved to the front of shelves and new stock is added at the back.
- rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
- serial killing — multiple killings or murders carried out by the same person or persons
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- striking train — the gear train of the striking mechanism of a timepiece.
- test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
- 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
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- 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.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- winning streak — several consecutive wins
- working papers — documents permitting employment