14-letter words containing t, i, c, k, l
- social network — a network of friends, colleagues, and other personal contacts: Strong social networks can encourage healthy behaviors.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
- stock solution — a concentrated chemical solution, diluted before using.
- tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- ticket scalper — an unauthorized ticket speculator who buys tickets to a performance or sports event and resells them at inflated prices.
- track lighting — lighting for a room or other area in which individual spotlight fixtures are attached along a narrow, wall- or ceiling-mounted metal track through which current is conducted, permitting flexible positioning of the lights.
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
- walking ticket — walking papers.
- whistling duck — any of several long-legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries.
- 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.
- wild buckwheat — umbrella plant (def 3).
- wildcat strike — unofficial work stoppage
- 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.