17-letter words containing c, h, e, k, l
- 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.
- 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
- black huckleberry — a low eastern North American shrub, Gaylussacia baccata, of the heath family, having yellowish-green leaves with resinous dots on the underside, clustered orange-red flowers, and shiny, black, edible fruit.
- black-headed gull — a small gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, that breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and often scavenges in towns
- buckingham palace — the London residence of the British sovereign: built in 1703, rebuilt by John Nash in 1821–36 and partially redesigned in the early 20th century
- buttock-clenching — making one tighten the buttocks through extreme fear or embarrassment
- chadless keypunch — (hardware) A card punch which cut little U-shapes in punched cards, rather than punching out a circle or rectangle. The U's made a hole when folded back. One of the Jargon File's correspondents believed that the term "chad" derived from the Chadless keypunch. Obviously, if the Chadless keypunch didn't make them, then the stuff that other keypunches made had to be "chad". The assertion that the keypunch was named after its inventor is not supported by any record in US or UK patents or surname references.
- checkable deposit — a checking account
- chicklet keyboard — (spelling) It's spelled "chiclet keyboard".
- chukchi peninsula — a peninsula in the extreme NE of Russia, in NE Siberia: mainly tundra
- close the book on — to bring to a definite end
- coral honeysuckle — trumpet honeysuckle.
- dwarf huckleberry — tangleberry.
- go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
- 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.
- hammer and sickle — the emblem of the Soviet Union, adopted in 1923 and consisting of an insignia of a hammer with its handle across the blade of a sickle and a star above.
- hard rock geology — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
- hypovolemic shock — a type of shock caused by reduced blood volume, as from massive bleeding or dehydration.
- kitchen appliance — a machine intended for use in the kitchen, such as a fridge or a food processor
- ladder-back chair — a chair with a back of two upright posts connected by horizontal slats
- lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
- meech lake accord — the agreement reached in 1987 at Meech Lake, Quebec, at a Canadian federal-provincial conference that accepted Quebec's conditions for signing the Constitution Act of 1982. The Accord lapsed when the legislatures of two provinces, Newfoundland and Quebec, failed to ratify it by the deadline of June 23, 1990
- mikhail gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
- north little rock — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- peach bark beetle — a bark beetle, Phloeotribus liminaris, that feeds on and nests in peach and other drupaceous trees.
- pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
- purple chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
- red and the black — a novel (1832) by Stendhal.
- rocket technology — the technology of the design, operation, maintenance, and launching of rockets
- run out the clock — to maintain control of the ball in the closing minutes of a game
- shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
- squaw huckleberry — deerberry.
- take a chill pill — something that has a calming or relaxing effect.
- take the place of — replace, be a substitute for
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- the plot thickens — People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
- to beat the clock — If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended.
- to make sth clear — If you make something clear, you say something in a way that makes it impossible for there to be any doubt about your meaning, wishes, or intentions.
- trucial sheikdoms — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- walk a chalk line — to behave with strict propriety or obedience
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