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14-letter words containing s, k, i, n, t

  • 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
  • patrick, saint — Saint, a.d. 389?–461? British missionary and bishop in Ireland: patron saint of Ireland.
  • peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
  • pie in the sky — pie1 (def 8).
  • pink elephants — a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
  • pointing stick — TrackPoint
  • printer's mark — a stamp or device, usually found on the copyright page, that identifies a book as the work of a particular printer.
  • printing works — an establishment in which printing is carried out
  • profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
  • quiescent tank — a tank, usually for sewage sludge, in which the sludge is allowed to remain for a time so that sedimentation can occur
  • reception desk — the front desk in a hotel where guests can books rooms or ask questions
  • rocket science — rocketry.
  • 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.
  • satellite link — a link between a transmitting station and a receiving station via an artificial satellite
  • schottky noise — shot effect.
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • shifty-looking — having the appearance of being dishonest
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • shooting stick — a device resembling a cane or walking stick, with a spike on one end and a small, folding seat on the other, often used by spectators at outdoor sporting events.
  • sick and tired — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
  • silky anteater — an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.
  • single-sticker — a sailboat, esp. a sloop, having only one mast
  • ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • smoking jacket — a loose-fitting jacket for men, often of a heavy fabric and trimmed with braid, worn indoors, especially as a lounging jacket.
  • smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
  • social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • spy-in-the-sky — of or relating to a surveillance camera mounted on an aircraft or orbiting satellite
  • 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.
  • stay-in strike — sit-down strike.
  • 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.
  • sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
  • sticking point — a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.
  • sticky fingers — an inclination or tendency to steal or pilfer
  • stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
  • stinking roger — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor.
  • stock dividend — a form of dividend collected by a stockholder in extra shares of the corporation's stock rather than in cash.
  • stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
  • stock solution — a concentrated chemical solution, diluted before using.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stock-in-trade — items used in performing a job
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stop-and-frisk — a policy that permits a police officer to momentarily detain and pat down or search a person suspected of criminal activity, especially when suspected of concealing a weapon.
  • strike benefit — money paid to strikers by a union to enable them to subsist during a strike.
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