19-letter words containing a, k, i, n, e, t
- portuguese-speaking — being a speaker of Portuguese; having Portuguese as the national language
- postage and packing — the cost of packing and mailing an item bought by post
- prairie rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis viridis, of the prairies of western North America.
- presentation skills — the set of techniques and skills required successfully to present oral information to others
- puncture repair kit — set of tools for patching a bicycle tyre
- put one's back into — to devote all one's strength to (a task)
- quick on the uptake — You say that someone is quick on the uptake when they understand things quickly. You say that someone is slow on the uptake when they have difficulty understanding simple or obvious things.
- quick-change artist — a person adept at changing from one thing to another, as an entertainer who changes costumes quickly during a performance.
- saint luke's summer — a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
- secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
- shield-tailed snake — any of several burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, of the Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka, having a tail that ends in a flat disk.
- smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
- smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
- speaking in tongues — a form of glossolalia in which a person experiencing religious ecstasy utters incomprehensible sounds that the speaker believes are a language spoken through him or her by a deity.
- st. kitts and nevis — country in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies, consisting of two islands (St. Kitts & Nevis): formerly a British colony, it became an independent state (1983) & a member of the Commonwealth: c. 101 sq mi (262 sq km); pop. 41,000; cap. Basseterre
- stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
- stanislavski method — method (def 5).
- stick in one's craw — the crop of a bird or insect.
- stick to one's last — a wooden or metal form in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
- strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
- sweetheart neckline — a neckline on a woman's garment, as a dress, with a high back and a low-cut front with two curved edges resembling the conventionalized shape of a heart.
- switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
- take (the) occasion — to use the opportunity (to do something)
- take a running jump — a contemptuous expression of dismissal
- take evasive action — If you take evasive action, you deliberately move away from someone or something in order to avoid meeting them or being hit by them.
- take five, take ten — If someone tells you to take five or to take ten, they are telling you to have a five- or ten-minute break from what you are doing.
- take it for granted — If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.
- take it on the chin — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- take one's medicine — any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
- take one's mind off — to stop one from thinking about; turn one's attention from
- take sb/sth in hand — If you take something or someone in hand, you take control or responsibility over them, especially in order to improve them.
- take the initiative — If you take the initiative in a situation, you are the first person to act, and are therefore able to control the situation.
- the great awakening — a movement of religious revival in the American Colonies from c. 1720 to the time of the Revolution
- the mathworks, inc. — (company) The company marketing MATLAB. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2098 USA. Telephone: +1 (508) 647-7000. Fax: +1 (508) 647-7101.
- ticket-of-leave man — (formerly in Britain) a convict who had a permit to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him
- to click into place — If you have been trying to understand something puzzling and then everything falls into place or clicks into place, you suddenly understand how different pieces of information are connected and everything becomes clearer.
- to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
- valley of the kings — a valley on the west bank of the Nile near the site of Thebes: the necropolis of many of the kings and queens of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt, c1350–c1200 b.c.
- what makes one tick — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- whistle in the dark — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
- yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters