13-letter words containing t, a, k, e
- the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
- the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
- the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
- this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thomas hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
- tick-tack-toe — a simple game in which one player marks down only X's and another only O's, each alternating in filling in any of the nine compartments of a figure formed by two vertical lines crossed by two horizontal lines, the winner being the first to fill in three marks in any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row.
- ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
- tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- to break even — When a company or a person running a business breaks even, they make neither a profit nor a loss.
- to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
- to keep at it — If you keep at it, you continue doing something that you have started, even if you are tired and would prefer to stop.
- to keep track — If you keep track of a situation or a person, you make sure that you have the newest and most accurate information about them all the time.
- to take cover — If you take cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
- trailer truck — a trailer designed to be drawn by a truck tractor or other motor truck.
- train-workers — people who work on trains
- transfer desk — the place in an airport where you arrange a transfer from one flight to another
- tree kangaroo — any arboreal kangaroo of the genus Dendrolagus, of Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
- tseng kuo-fan — 1811–72, Chinese general and statesman.
- tubular skate — a type of ice skate consisting of a steel blade set into an aluminum tube and connected to the shoe by tubular supports, used for both hockey and racing skates.
- turkey carpet — a wool carpet made in one piece and having a deep velvety pile and rich glowing colours
- ullage rocket — a small hydrogen peroxide rocket engine that produces sufficient acceleration to keep propellants in their places when the main rocket is shut off
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- walk the walk — do as one preaches or boasts of doing
- walkie-talkie — a combined transmitter and receiver light enough to be carried by one person: developed originally for military use in World War II.
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- water-soaking — to soak or saturate with water.
- weather check — if you get a weather check you find out what the weather is like
- weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
- west pakistan — a former province of British Pakistan, separated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by N India: declared independence as Republic of Pakistan 1956.
- what it takes — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- what the heck — You say 'what the heck' to indicate that you do not care about a bad aspect of an action or situation.
- white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
- wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
- wideawake hat — fully awake; with the eyes wide open.
- winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
- work stoppage — the collective stoppage of work by employees in a business or an industry to protest working conditions.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- yekaterinburg — Ekaterinburg.
- yekaterinodar — a former name of Krasnodar.