16-letter words containing t, h, a, k
- lady of the lake — a narrative poem (1810) by Sir Walter Scott.
- lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
- lateral thinking — unconventional or creative problem-solving
- leap in the dark — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- magical thinking — a conviction that thinking is equivalent to doing, occurring in dreams, the thought patterns of children, and some types of mental disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- make a go of sth — If you say that someone is making a go of something such as a business or relationship, you mean that they are having some success with it.
- make a photocopy — If you make a photocopy of a document, you make a copy of it using a photocopier.
- make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
- make the best of — do what you can
- make the fur fly — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
- make the most of — in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
- make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
- man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
- near the knuckle — risqué
- nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
- on the back foot — at a disadvantage; outmanoeuvred or outclassed by an opponent
- out like a light — If someone goes out like a light, they fall asleep or become unconscious very quickly or immediately.
- packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
- pain in the neck — source of annoyance
- pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
- pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
- raise the stakes — to increase the amount of money or valuables hazarded in a gambling game
- ranikhet disease — Newcastle disease.
- rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
- redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- scotch blackface — one of a Scottish breed of mountain sheep having a black face and growing long, coarse wool.
- shark repellents — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
- sheepskin jacket — a short jacket made of the skin of a sheep with the wool still attached to it
- shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
- slap on the back — to congratulate
- smack in the eye — a snub or setback
- smoke inhalation — poisoning of the lungs caused by inhaling large quantities of toxic fumes from a fire
- south lake tahoe — a city in E California.
- spotted redshank — a sandpiper, Tringa erythropus, which is a large wader with red legs
- stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- stick at nothing — to be prepared to do anything; be unscrupulous or ruthless
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
- streak lightning — lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line
- take (to) flight — to run away; flee
- take a raincheck — to accept the postponement of an offer
- take holy orders — to become ordained
- take one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
- take the liberty — do sth without permission