14-letter words containing s, e, c, k
- chicken switch — a device by which an astronaut may eject the capsule in which he or she rides in the event that a rocket malfunctions.
- christmas cake — A Christmas cake is a special cake that is eaten at Christmas in Britain and some other countries.
- clerk of works — an employee who supervises building work in progress or the upkeep of existing buildings
- cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- communism peak — a peak of the Pamir mountains, in NE Tajikistan. 24,590 feet (7495 meters).
- condensed milk — Condensed milk is very thick sweetened milk that is sold in cans.
- console jockey — terminal junkie
- cook the books — to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts
- cookie monster — (recreation) (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
- counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- coxsackievirus — any of a group of enteroviruses that cause several diseases, as viral meningitis
- crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- currency snake — an exchange rate system that operated between various member countries of the EEC during the 1970s, in which exchange rates between the currencies of the participating states were only allowed to fluctuate within a restricted range
- customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- decision-maker — a person who makes decisions
- decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
- defensive back — a defender positioned off the line of scrimmage for the purpose of covering pass receivers and tackling runners who elude linemen and linebackers.
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- do one's block — to become angry
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- drinks cabinet — a cocktail cabinet
- 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.
- electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- 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.
- florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
- fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
- get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.
- grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- have a stomack — to be pregnant
- heart-stricken — deeply grieved or greatly dismayed
- hell's kitchen — (in New York City) a section of midtown Manhattan, west of Times Square, formerly notorious for its slums and high crime rate.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
- hit the bricks — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
- horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.