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14-letter words containing t, r, o, c, k

  • forklift truck — vehicle for lifting heavy loads
  • fortune cookie — a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.
  • fruit cocktail — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
  • futtock shroud — any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.
  • greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
  • heterokaryotic — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
  • horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
  • hyperkeratotic — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
  • income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • internal clock — biological clock.
  • jack crosstree — jack1 (def 9b).
  • java black rot — a disease of stored sweet potatoes, characterized by dry rot of and black protuberances on the tubers, caused by a fungus, Diplodia tubericola.
  • kakistocracies — Plural form of kakistocracy.
  • kangaroo court — a self-appointed or mob-operated tribunal that disregards or parodies existing principles of law or human rights, especially one in a frontier area or among criminals in prison.
  • karstification — the process of turning into karst
  • karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
  • king's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
  • kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
  • knock together — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
  • knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
  • know the score — understand the situation
  • kyoto protocol — climate change agreement
  • lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
  • licorice stick — a clarinet.
  • mackinaw trout — lake trout.
  • macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
  • make no secret — If you make no secret of something, you tell others about it openly and clearly.
  • market economy — a capitalistic economic system in which there is free competition and prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand.
  • megakaryocytes — Plural form of megakaryocyte.
  • megakaryocytic — Of, pertaining to, or containing megakaryocytes.
  • mercator track — a line appearing straight on a Mercator chart; rhumb line.
  • micromarketing — the marketing of products or services designed to meet the needs of a very small section of the market
  • mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
  • mormon cricket — a flightless, long-horned grasshopper, Anabrus simplex, of the western U.S., that is destructive to range grasses and cultivated crops.
  • mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • network closet — (networking)   The place where network hardware (other than cabling) is installed. The space should be used primarily for storage, be dry, and have electricity available. Since network equipment rarely needs attention once installed and tested, the network closet can have limited accessibility.
  • norfolk jacket — a loosely belted single-breasted jacket, with box pleats in front and back.
  • on the knocker — promptly; at once
  • one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
  • oracle toolkit — Adaptable User Interface
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • oyster cracker — a small, round, usually salted cracker, served with oysters, soup, etc.
  • phosphate rock — phosphorite.
  • pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
  • poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
  • potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
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