14-letter words containing t, a, k, e
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- 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 exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
- 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.
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
- straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- strike-breaker — A strike-breaker is a person who continues to work during a strike, or someone who takes over the work of a person who is on strike.
- strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
- struck measure — a measure, especially of grain, level with the top of a receptacle.
- suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
- take a dislike — If you take a dislike to someone or something, you decide that you do not like them.
- 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 picture — capture sb or sth on camera
- take a punt at — to have an attempt or try at (something)
- take a shot at — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- take away from — detract
- 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 of — to sap the energy or vitality of
- 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 liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
- 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 sb's life — If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves.
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- take the chair — to preside as chairman for a meeting, etc
- take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
- take the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
- take the fifth — next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five.
- take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- take the stand — to sit (or stand) in the designated place in a courtroom and give testimony
- take years off — to make (someone) feel or look much younger
- takeout double — informatory double.
- 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.
- telescope peak — a mountain in SE California: highest peak in the Panamint Range, above Death Valley. 11,049 feet (3368 meters).
- 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 all blacks — the international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the black belt — a region of the southern US extending from Georgia across central Alabama and Mississippi, in which the population contains a large number of Black people: also noted for its fertile black soil