19-letter words containing a, l, s, k, n
- presentation skills — the set of techniques and skills required successfully to present oral information to others
- raise one's hackles — one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
- sackcloth and ashes — a public display of extreme grief, remorse, or repentance
- saint luke's summer — a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
- sale and lease back — leaseback.
- 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.
- sickle-cell anaemia — Sickle-cell anaemia is an inherited illness in which the red blood cells become curved, causing a number of health problems.
- 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 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 sth personally — If you take someone's remarks personally, you are upset because you think that they are criticizing you in particular.
- take to one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- 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.
- 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.
- yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters