19-letter words containing a, l, s, k, n
- acknowledgment slip — a piece of paper that you sign as proof of having received a letter, parcel, payment, etc
- ad kalendas graecas — at no time; never: from the fact that the Greeks did not reckon dates by calends.
- alexis nikolayevich — (Aleksei Nikolayevich) 1904–18, son of Nicholas II of Russia, heir apparent to the Russian throne: executed in the Russian Bolshevik Revolution.
- all in a day's work — If you say that a task is all in a day's work for someone, you mean that they do not mind doing it although it may be difficult, because it is part of their job or because they often do it.
- all-risks insurance — insurance that covers all risks to property except any types that are specifically excluded or limited in the policy
- angels-on-horseback — a savoury of oysters wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
- artemis microkernel — (operating system) A microkernel currently under development by Dave Hudson <[email protected]>, scheduled for release under GPL in May 1995. It is targeted at embedded applications on Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium based systems.
- cape york peninsula — large peninsula in NE Australia, part of Queensland, between the Gulf of Carpentaria & the Coral Sea
- cask of amontillado — a short story (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe.
- chandrasekhar limit — the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf, equal to 1.44 solar masses. A star having a mass above this limit will continue to collapse to form a neutron star
- checks and balances — competition and mutual restraint among the various branches of government
- cock and bull story — an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.
- cock-and-bull story — If you describe something that someone tells you as a cock-and-bull story, you mean that you do not believe it is true.
- concurrentsmalltalk — (language) A concurrent variant of Smalltalk.
- cracked gas cooling — Cracked gas cooling is a process in which the temperature of a cracked gas is reduced in order to separate it into different product streams.
- data link switching — (networking) (DLSw) A standard for transporting IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) traffic over an Internet protocol network. Initially, in 1992, DLSw was proprietary to IBM. It was submitted to the IETF as RFC 1434 in 1993, later updated by RFC 1795.
- davy jones's locker — the bottom of the sea; grave of those drowned at sea or buried there
- devils-on-horseback — a savoury of prunes wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
- eastern coral snake — any of numerous venomous elapid snakes, found chiefly in the New World tropics, as Micrurus fulvius (eastern coral snake) of the southeastern U.S., often brilliantly marked with bands of red, yellow, and black.
- electro-shock baton — a baton used as a weapon to pass an electric current through part of the body
- flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
- giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
- grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
- grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
- grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- intervertebral disk — the plate of fibrocartilage between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae.
- jamaica honeysuckle — a climbing vine, Passiflora laurifolia, of tropical America, having red-spotted white flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide, with a white and violet-colored crown, and edible yellow fruit.
- japanese black pine — a pine, Pinus thunbergiana, of Japan, grown as a seaside ornamental in the U.S.
- kill sth stone-dead — If you kill something such as an idea or emotion stone-dead, you completely destroy it.
- king charles's head — a fixed idea; personal obsession
- king william island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, in the W Nunavut Territory, Canada. 5062 sq. mi. (13,111 sq. km).
- knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- komandorski islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, in NE Russia, E of the Kamchatka Peninsula: U.S.-Japan naval battle, 1943.
- lakshadweep islands — a group of 26 coral islands and reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: a union territory of India since 1956. Administrative centre: Kavaratti Island. Pop: 60 595 (2001). Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
- lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
- like a dog's dinner — dressed smartly or ostentatiously
- long-and-short work — an arrangement of rectangular quoins or jambstones set alternately vertically and horizontally.
- look sb up and down — If someone looks you up and down, they direct their eyes from your head to your feet, in a rude and superior way and often as though they disapprove of you.
- lumholtz's kangaroo — boongary.
- make oneself scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- mutual savings bank — a noncapitalized savings bank that distributes its net earnings to depositors.
- norfolk island pine — a coniferous evergreen tree, Araucaria heterophylla (or A. excelsa), having whorled branches and needlelike foliage, widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- on the baker's list — in good health
- particle kinematics — Particle kinematics is the study of the movement of particles, without considering the forces that cause this movement.
- peak listening time — the time at which the highest numbers of audiences are listening to the radio
- phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
- pistol-handle knife — a table knife, especially of the 18th century, having a slightly curved handle resembling the grip of a flintlock pistol.
- port jackson willow — an Australian acacia tree, Acacia cyanophylla, introduced in the 19th century into South Africa, where it is now regarded as a pest
- postal savings bank — any of the savings banks formerly operated by local post offices and limited to small accounts.
- prairie rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis viridis, of the prairies of western North America.
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