14-letter words containing t, h, e, k
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the great trek — the migration of Boer farmers with their slaves and African servants from the Cape Colony to the north and east from about 1836 to 1845 to escape British authority
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
- the joe blakes — the DT's
- the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
- 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 silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
- the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- the-peacemaker — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
- thick register — chest register.
- think positive — be optimistic
- ticket machine — automated ticket dispenser
- to change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
- 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 strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
- 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.
- tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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).
- write the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.