14-letter words containing t, e, k
- certified milk — milk that is processed according to the sanitation standards in the area in which it is sold
- chartered bank — a privately owned bank that has been incorporated by Parliament to operate in the commercial banking system
- check register — A check register is a record of transactions in a checking account.
- check the helm — to swing back the helm of a vessel to prevent it from turning too quickly or too far
- check-out time — the time by which one has to check out of a hotel
- chicken breast — pigeon breast
- chicken fillet — a fillet cut from a chicken
- chicken little — a person who spreads baseless or exaggerated reports of danger; alarmist
- chicken switch — a device by which an astronaut may eject the capsule in which he or she rides in the event that a rocket malfunctions.
- chicken turtle — an edible, freshwater turtle, Deirochelys reticularia, of the southeastern U.S., characterized by a long neck and by the network of fine, yellow lines marking the dark carapace.
- chickenhearted — timid; fearful; cowardly.
- chocolate cake — a cake flavoured with cocoa or chocolate
- chocolate milk — milk flavored with chocolate syrup or powdered chocolate.
- christmas cake — A Christmas cake is a special cake that is eaten at Christmas in Britain and some other countries.
- clerk of court — an officer of the court who maintains the records, among other duties
- clickety-clack — a rhythmic, swiftly paced succession of alternating clicks and clacks, as the sound produced by the wheels of a train moving over tracks.
- clinkety-clank — a succession of alternating clinks and clanks: the clinkety-clank of armored vehicles on the rough road.
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- container dock — a dock designed for cargo containers
- control rocket — a small rocket engine used to make corrections in the flight path of spacecraft or missiles.
- cook the books — to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts
- cookie monster — (recreation) (From the children's TV program "Sesame Street") Any of a family of early (1970s) hacks reported on TOPS-10, ITS, Multics and elsewhere that would lock up either the victim's terminal (on a time-sharing machine) or the console (on a batch mainframe), repeatedly demanding "I WANT A COOKIE". The required responses ranged in complexity from "COOKIE" through "HAVE A COOKIE" and upward. See also wabbit.
- corporate park — office park.
- counter-attack — If you counter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
- counter-worker — work or action to oppose some other work or action.
- counterattacks — Plural form of counterattack; Alternative spelling of counter-attacks.
- counterchecked — Simple past tense and past participle of countercheck.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- county cricket — (in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
- covered market — an indoor market
- crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
- crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- crummock water — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Length: 4 km (2.5 miles)
- customs broker — a person whose job is to assist businesses in clearing imported or exported goods through customs
- cut the cackle — to stop chattering; be quiet
- dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
- dark continent — Africa, especially before the late 19th cent. when little was known of it
- denmark strait — a channel between SE Greenland and Iceland, linking the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic
- detective work — If you do some detective work, you do something to find out more about a subject or situation that puzzles you.
- detective-like — like a detective; having characteristics of a detective
- dimethylketone — acetone.
- dining kitchen — a room where meals are eaten and prepared
- disembarkation — to go ashore from a ship.
- dnepropetrovsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.