17-letter words containing a, l, e, k, t
- against the clock — If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
- altitude sickness — a condition affecting some persons at high altitudes, caused by insufficient oxygen in the blood and characterized by dizziness, nausea, and shortness of breath.
- artificial kidney — a mechanical apparatus for performing haemodialysis
- australian kelpie — one of an Australian breed of medium-sized sheepherding dogs having a short, harsh, straight coat in a combination of colors that can include black, red, tan, fawn, chocolate, or smoke blue, probably developed by crossbreeding between the border collie and dingo.
- back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
- balance the books — do accounting
- basketball player — someone who plays basketball
- beer and skittles — enjoyment or pleasure
- black forest cake — a torte consisting typically of thin layers of chocolate cake spread with alternating layers of chocolate, cherry, and whipped-cream filling and covered with whipped cream
- black-box testing — functional testing
- black-tailed deer — a variety of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, having a tail that is black above.
- black-water fever — a form of babesiosis seen in cattle, deer, bison, water buffalo, African buffalo, and reindeer; characterized by fever, depression, jaundice, dark red-black discolouration of the urine, anaemia, and death
- blank endorsement — an endorsement on a bill of exchange, cheque, etc, naming no payee and thus making the endorsed sum payable to the bearer
- blue sky software — eHelp Corporation
- bouncebackability — the ability to recover after a setback, esp in sport
- breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
- carolina parakeet — an extinct New World parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, that ranged into the northern U.S., having yellowish-green plumage with an orange-yellow head.
- catalytic cracker — a unit in an oil refinery in which mineral oils with high boiling points are converted to fuels with lower boiling points by a catalytic process
- caterpillar track — A Caterpillar track is a linked metal chain fastened around the wheels of a heavy vehicle to help it to move over rough ground.
- cattle tick fever — Texas fever
- centrifugal brake — a safety mechanism on a hoist, crane, etc, that consists of revolving brake shoes that are driven outwards by centrifugal force into contact with a fixed brake drum when the rope drum revolves at excessive speed
- checkable deposit — a checking account
- chicklet keyboard — (spelling) It's spelled "chiclet keyboard".
- cocktail waitress — a woman who serves in a bar or cocktail lounge
- coffee-table book — A coffee-table book is a large expensive book with a lot of pictures, which is designed to be looked at rather than to be read properly, and is usually placed where people can see it easily.
- double track line — a railway line with double track
- elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
- english breakfast — An English breakfast is a breakfast consisting of cooked food such as bacon, eggs, sausages, and tomatoes. It also includes toast and tea or coffee.
- fair market value — The fair market value of an asset is what a willing buyer would pay a willing seller for it on the open market.
- felix frankfurter — Felix, 1882–1965, U.S. jurist, born in Austria: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–62.
- fermentation lock — a valve placed on the top of bottles of fermenting wine to allow bubbles to escape
- flat as a pancake — without any curves or bumps
- flickertail state — North Dakota (used as a nickname).
- go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
- goldbeater's skin — the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
- grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
- grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
- jerusalem cricket — a large, nocturnal, wingless, long-horned grasshopper, Stenopelmatus fuscus, occuring chiefly in loose soil and sand along the Pacific coast of the U.S.
- kansas city style — a style of jazz developed in Kansas City, Mo., in the early 1930s, marked by a strong blues influence, the use of riffs as a characteristic formal device, and a less pronounced beat than that of the New Orleans or Chicago style of jazz.
- karitane hospital — a hospital for young babies and their mothers
- kendal sneck bent — a fishhook having a wide, squarish bend.
- kensington palace — a royal residence in Kensington Gardens, in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea; dating from the 17th century, it was improved and extended by Sir Cristopher Wren
- kidney transplant — surgery to replace a kidney
- kinetic potential — the kinetic energy minus the potential energy in a system obeying the principle of conservation of energy. Symbol: L.
- kitchen appliance — a machine intended for use in the kitchen, such as a fridge or a food processor
- klerer-may system — Early system from Columbia University with special mathematics symbols. Its reference manual was two pages long!
- kvatro telecom as — (company) The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
- lake of the woods — Eldrick [el-drik] /ˈɛl drɪk/ (Show IPA), ("Tiger") born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.
- lan kanal adapter — (networking) (LKA) A sort of external LAN interface for a BS200 computer.
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