13-letter words containing tc
- featherstitch — an embroidery stitch producing work in which a succession of branches extend alternately on each side of a central stem.
- fencing match — a match between fencers
- field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
- floatcut file — file with rows of parallel teeth
- garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- gulf of kutch — an inlet of the Arabian Sea in India. Length: about 159 kilometres (99 miles)
- hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
- harness hitch — a hitch forming a loop around a rope, especially one formed at the end of a bowline.
- hatchet-faced — having a face with narrow dimensions and sharp features
- hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
- hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
- john fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- kettle stitch — (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
- kettle-stitch — a stitch used in hand-sewn books, at the head and tail, to hold sheets or sections together
- kitchen match — a wooden friction match with a large head, used especially for igniting gas ovens or burners.
- kitchen paper — also kitchen roll
- kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
- kitchen-diner — a kitchen that has an area intended to be used for eating meals, usually because there is no dining room elsewhere
- ladder stitch — an embroidery stitch in which crossbars at equal distances are produced between two solid ridges of raised work.
- lucifer match — friction match.
- master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
- match fitness — the condition of being match-fit
- match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- matched order — an order placed with a broker to buy a specified stock at a price above the market price with the intention of immediately selling the stock through another broker at the same price. It is designed to give the appearance of active trading in the stock.
- matchlessness — The state or condition of being matchless.
- matchy-matchy — (of an outfit, décor, etc.) having colors or patterns that match or harmonize too closely: You should coordinate the drapes and bedspread without getting too matchy-matchy.
- microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
- mikhailovitch — Draja [drah-zhah] /ˈdrɑ ʒɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, Yugoslav military leader.
- mineral pitch — asphalt.
- mix and match — made up of complementary elements taken from different sets or sources: a mix-and-match approach to interior decoration.
- mix-and-match — made up of complementary elements taken from different sets or sources: a mix-and-match approach to interior decoration.
- molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
- morning watch — the watch from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.
- natchez trace — a road begun in 1806 between Natchez, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn.: about 500 miles (800 km) long.
- nightclubbing — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- nightwatchman — Someone who guards a premises at night.
- nightwatchmen — Plural form of nightwatchman.
- on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- overstretched — to stretch excessively.
- oystercatcher — any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
- packet switch — packet switching
- patch pumpkin — pumpkin
- perfect pitch — absolute pitch (def 2).