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14-letter words containing t, e, k, n

  • strikebreaking — action directed at breaking up a strike of workers.
  • striking price — in an option contract, the specified price at which a stock, commodity, etc. may be bought or sold; the price at which an investor can exercise profitably a put or call
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
  • 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.
  • telephone book — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
  • 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.
  • test-tube skin — skin that has been grown in the laboratory from a patch of a person's skin, used for autografting, especially in the treatment of extensive burns.
  • the kiwi ferns — the women's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
  • 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
  • think positive — be optimistic
  • ticket counter — the place where you buy a ticket for public transport, the theatre, cinema, etc
  • 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 know better — If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
  • 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.
  • to think twice — If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
  • train sickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the motion of the train in which one is traveling.
  • trick question — sth asked to mislead or incriminate sb
  • trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
  • try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
  • turn the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
  • turnkey system — Computers. a computer system purchased from hardware and software vendors, customized and put in working order by a firm that then sells the completed system to the client that ordered it.
  • united kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801–1922. 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Capital: London. Abbreviation: U.K.
  • unknightliness — the quality or condition of being unknightly
  • 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.
  • vernier rocket — a small, low-thrust rocket engine for correcting the heading and velocity of a long-range ballistic missile.
  • 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.
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