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17-letter words containing c, h, o, k, e

  • 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.
  • ask for the check — If you ask for the check, you ask the waitperson in a restaurant to bring you a piece of paper on which the price of your meal is written.
  • 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.
  • baggage checkroom — a left luggage office; a place at, for example, a railway station where baggage can be left
  • balance the books — do accounting
  • behind one's back — without one's knowledge; secretly or deceitfully
  • break the back of — to complete the greatest or hardest part of (a task)
  • buttock-clenching — making one tighten the buttocks through extreme fear or embarrassment
  • cardiogenic shock — a type of shock caused by decreased cardiac output despite adequate blood volume, owing to a disease of the heart itself, as myocardial infarction, or any other factor that interferes with the filling or emptying of the heart.
  • checkable deposit — a checking account
  • chicklet keyboard — (spelling)   It's spelled "chiclet keyboard".
  • chinese artichoke — a hairy plant, Stachys affinis, of China and Japan, having numerous small, white, edible tubers.
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • cock of the woods — pileated woodpecker.
  • coral honeysuckle — trumpet honeysuckle.
  • corner the market — dominate trade
  • fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
  • go back to the pa — to abandon city life in favour of rural life
  • 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.
  • hard rock geology — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
  • hasbrouck heights — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
  • homework exercise — an exercise that is set as homework
  • horatio kitchenerHoratio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
  • houndstooth check — a pattern of broken checks, used in woven material for jackets, shirts, etc.
  • housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
  • hypovolemic shock — a type of shock caused by reduced blood volume, as from massive bleeding or dehydration.
  • icing on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
  • in the background — behind the focus of attention
  • knock on the head — to daze or kill (a person) by striking on the head
  • 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.
  • neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
  • north little rock — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
  • on the pig's back — successful; established
  • on the wrong tack — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
  • pick the eyes out — to select the best parts or pieces (of)
  • pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
  • priority check-in — Priority check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in without waiting in a line.
  • purple chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
  • quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
  • 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
  • second-hand smoke — from sb else's cigarette
  • shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
  • skate on thin ice — to place oneself in a dangerous or delicate situation
  • stick to the ribs — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.

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