14-letter words containing a, l, k
- chain pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
- chalk and talk — a formal method of teaching, in which the focal points are the blackboard and the teacher's voice, as contrasted with more informal child-centred activities
- chaparral cock — roadrunner
- checkered flag — a flag having a pattern of black and white squares, used to signal that a car has crossed the finish line and completed its race.
- chicken ladder — an inclined plank with transverse cleats.
- chinook salmon — a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, valued as a food fish
- chocolate cake — a cake flavoured with cocoa or chocolate
- chocolate milk — milk flavored with chocolate syrup or powdered chocolate.
- clean and jerk — a lift in which a barbell is raised from the floor to shoulder height where it is brought to rest and then, with a lunging movement by the lifter, is thrust overhead so the arms extend straight in the air, being held in this position for a short, specified length of time.
- clean-and-jerk — a lift in weightlifting in which the weight is held momentarily at shoulder height before being thrust overhead
- clickety-clack — a rhythmic, swiftly paced succession of alternating clicks and clacks, as the sound produced by the wheels of a train moving over tracks.
- cliffside park — a city in NE New Jersey.
- clinkety-clank — a succession of alternating clinks and clanks: the clinkety-clank of armored vehicles on the rough road.
- clock repairer — a person who mends clocks, watches, etc
- clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
- clothes basket — a basket for storing and transporting clothes that need washing, or have been washed
- coast live oak — California live oak.
- cocker spaniel — A cocker spaniel is a breed of small dog with silky hair and long ears.
- cocktail dress — A cocktail dress is a dress that is suitable for formal social occasions.
- cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
- cocktail onion — a small pickled onion served with drinks
- cocktail party — A cocktail party is a party, usually held in the early evening, where cocktails or other alcoholic drinks are served. People often dress quite formally for them.
- cocktail sauce — any of various sauces served with a seafood cocktail, typically one consisting of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and seasonings.
- cocktail stick — a small pointed stick used for holding cherries, olives, etc, in cocktails, and for serving snacks, such as small sausages
- cocktail table — a low table as for serving refreshments, esp. one in a living room
- coffee-klatsch — to gather for a coffee klatsch.
- common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
- cracker-barrel — rural; rustic; homespun
- crested auklet — any of several small auks of the coasts of the North Pacific, as Aethia cristatella (crested auklet) having a crest of recurved plumes.
- crow blackbird — any of several North American grackles, especially purple grackles of the genus Quiscalus.
- crystal pickup — a piezoelectric vibration pickup or detector, often used on electric phonographs
- cut the cackle — to stop chattering; be quiet
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- dark chocolate — Dark chocolate is dark brown chocolate that has a stronger and less sweet taste than milk chocolate.
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- dongle cracker — (security) Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
- donkey topsail — a four-sided gaff topsail, used above a gaff sail or lugsail, having its head laced to a small spar.
- doomsday clock — an image of a clockface representing the time remaining before the onset of a global catastrophe in terms of a number of minutes before midnight
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- downy cocktail — cationic cocktail
- drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
- early check-in — An early check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in earlier than the normal time.
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
- field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
- flat back four — a set of four fullbacks in line formation