14-letter words that end in ck
- into the black — into a profitable condition financially
- john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- kill the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- kiln run brick — any of various bricks of sufficient hardness to be exposed to the weather.
- lacrosse stick — stick: for lacrosse
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- leave feedback — If a guest leaves feedback, they tell you if they enjoyed their stay and what could be improved.
- licorice stick — a clarinet.
- line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
- linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
- longcase clock — tall freestanding timepiece
- mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
- mercator track — a line appearing straight on a Mercator chart; rhumb line.
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- odd-even check — parity check.
- ordinary stock — British. common stock.
- peel-and-stick — ready to be applied after peeling off the backing to expose an adhesive surface: peel-and-stick labels.
- phosphate rock — phosphorite.
- platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
- pointing stick — TrackPoint
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
- protocol stack — (protocol) A layered set of protocols which work together to provide a set of network functions. Each intermediate protocol layer uses the layer below it to provide a service to the layer above. The OSI seven layer model is an attempt to provide a standard framework within which to describe protocol stacks.
- railroad track — railway line
- recovery stock — a security that has fallen in price but is believed to have the ability to recover
- reservoir rock — rock that has sufficient porosity to contain accumulations of oil or gas.
- rotating stock — Rotating stock is a system used especially in food stores and to reduce wastage, in which the oldest stock is moved to the front of shelves and new stock is added at the back.
- security check — the process of checking that a person is not armed, or carrying something dangerous
- serrated wrack — the seaweed Fucus serratus
- sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
- shooting stick — a device resembling a cane or walking stick, with a spike on one end and a small, folding seat on the other, often used by spectators at outdoor sporting events.
- smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- speaking clock — a telephone service that gives a precise verbal statement of the correct time
- stack the deck — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- 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.
- stop the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
- suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
- sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
- surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
- ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- to change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
- torpedo attack — an attack launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines, using a bomb that is shaped like a tube and travels under water
- treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
- try one's luck — to attempt something that is uncertain
- turn the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.