13-letter words containing t, a, n, k, c
- packing plant — an establishment for processing and packing foods, especially meat, to be sold at wholesale.
- parcel tanker — a tanker designed to carry an assortment of liquids, as chemicals, or different grades of a liquid, as petroleum, at one time.
- patch pumpkin — pumpkin
- peacock plant — a plant, Calathea makoyana, native to Brazil, having leaves that are spotted on the upper surface and purple on the lower surface.
- phantom stock — an employee bonus expressed as the cash value of a specified amount of company stock to be received at a future date, meant to create employee interest in raising stock prices without giving any stock away.
- picnic basket — woven container for carrying food outdoors
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
- prick-teasing — the behaviour of a prick-tease
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
- roasting jack — a rotating spit for roasting meat on
- rock painting — a painting done on rock, usually by early people
- running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
- sanction mark — a mark on pieces of 19th-century French furniture signifying that the piece met the quality standards required by the Parisian guild of ebonists
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- season ticket — a ticket for a specified series or number of events or valid for unlimited use during a specified time, often sold at a reduced rate, for athletic events, concerts, transportation, etc.
- shack-tapping — the making of house-by-house visits to canvass.
- shaving stick — a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender shape and held in a slender container for ease of application to the face when removing hair with a razor
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- skepticalness — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- skin reaction — an irritation or inflammation of the skin due to an allergy or infection, brought about by natural means or by a skin test.
- skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
- space blanket — a plastic insulating body wrapping coated on one or both sides with aluminium foil which reflects back most of the body heat lost by radiation: carried by climbers, mountaineers, etc, for use in cases of exposure or exhaustion
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- stock warrant — A stock warrant is the right to buy stock at a particular price on a particular date directly from the issuing company.
- stocking mask — a nylon stocking used, especially by a criminal, to disguise the face.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- take a chance — act on a possibility
- take occasion — to avail oneself of an opportunity (to do something)
- take stock in — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
- tarpeian rock — a rock on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which criminals and traitors were hurled.
- tennis racket — long-handled bat used in tennis
- the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
- ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
- tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
- walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- warning track — a strip, often consisting of a cinder or dirt track, bordering the outer edge of the outfield between the outfield turf and the stadium wall that alerts outfielders that the wall is near, especially as they back up to catch a fly ball.
- wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
- with any luck — You can add with luck or with any luck to a statement to indicate that you hope that a particular thing will happen.
- zooplanktonic — Of or pertaining to zooplankton.