14-letter words containing t, a, k, e, n
- stock in trade — the requisites for carrying on a business, especially goods kept on hand for sale in a store.
- stock transfer — Stock transfer is the act of moving goods from one part of the distribution chain to another.
- 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
- stockade fence — a fence of closely fitted vertical boards with pointed tops.
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- take a hand in — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- take a meeting — to attend a business conference
- take a punt at — to have an attempt or try at (something)
- take exception — to make objections (to); demur (at)
- take in stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
- take inventory — count stock or belongings
- take it out on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take no notice — If you take no notice of someone or something, you do not consider them to be important enough to affect what you think or what you do.
- take one's way — to go on a journey; travel
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
- take the stand — to sit (or stand) in the designated place in a courtroom and give testimony
- tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- 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 milk train — a very early morning train, that traditionally transported milk, on which passengers also travelled
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- ticket machine — automated ticket dispenser
- 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 change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
- 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.
- to make fun of — If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
- to shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.
- train sickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the motion of the train in which one is traveling.
- unthankfulness — the quality or condition of being unthankful; lack of thankfulness; ungratefulness
- 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.
- vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
- walk the plank — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
- walking ticket — walking papers.
- 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.
- winning streak — several consecutive wins
- wollaston lake — a lake in NE Saskatchewan, in central Canada. About 796 sq. mi. (2062 sq. km).
- work placement — temporary job, internship
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yenisei ostyak — Ket.