14-letter words containing t, e, k
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- 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.
- twelve o'clock — 12 noon, 1200 hours, midday
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- 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
- up to the mark — acceptably good
- 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.
- vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
- vernier rocket — a small, low-thrust rocket engine for correcting the heading and velocity of a long-range ballistic missile.
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- 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.
- west berkshire — a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 200 (2003 est). Area: 705 sq km (272 sq miles)
- west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
- white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
- white-knuckled — causing fear, apprehension, or panic: The plane made a white-knuckle approach to the fogged-in airport.
- whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
- wide-awake hat — a hat with a low crown and very wide brim
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
- 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
- work prospects — chances of gaining employment
- write the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- writer's block — a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work.
- yekaterinoslav — a former name of Dnepropetrovsk.
- yenisei ostyak — Ket.
- yesterday week — a week yesterday; a week ago from yesterday