17-letter words containing b, o, n, k
- notebook computer — laptop, portable
- on someone's back — criticizing or pestering someone
- on the pig's back — successful; established
- one for the books — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- otto von bismarck — Otto von [ot-oh von;; German aw-toh fuh n] /ˈɒt oʊ vɒn;; German ˈɔ toʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–98, German statesman: first chancellor of modern German Empire 1871–90.
- put the kibosh on — nonsense.
- rack one's brains — to strain in mental effort, esp to remember something or to find the solution to a problem
- rybinsk reservoir — a vast water reservoir in W central Russia on the River Volga and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam
- second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
- shake one's booty — to dance
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
- take to one's bed — to remain in bed, esp because of illness
- telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- the joke is on sb — If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that they have been made to look very foolish by something.
- to be taken aback — If you are taken aback by something, you are surprised or shocked by it and you cannot respond at once.
- to break the bank — If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
- to get to know sb — If you get to know someone, you find out what they are like by spending time with them.
- to knit your brow — If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried.
- to know no bounds — If you say that a feeling or quality knows no bounds, you are emphasizing that it is very strong or intense.
- tone control knob — a round switch on a radio, record player, etc that is turned to alter the tone control
- what does sb know — You can use expressions such as What does she know? and What do they know? when you think that someone has no right to comment on a situation because they do not understand it.
- whiskey rebellion — a revolt of settlers in western Pennsylvania in 1794 against a federal excise tax on whiskey: suppressed by militia called out by President George Washington to establish the authority of the federal government.
- work-life balance — a situation in which one divides or balances one's time between work and activities outside of work: It's hard to achieve a reasonable work-life balance when you run your own business.
- working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.
- write the book on — to be the definitive authority or expert on