17-letter words containing c, l, u, n, k, e
- altitude sickness — a condition affecting some persons at high altitudes, caused by insufficient oxygen in the blood and characterized by dizziness, nausea, and shortness of breath.
- be black and blue — If you say that someone is black and blue, you mean that they are badly bruised.
- blackboard jungle — a school or school system characterized by lack of discipline and by juvenile delinquency.
- bouncebackability — the ability to recover after a setback, esp in sport
- 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
- centrifugal brake — a safety mechanism on a hoist, crane, etc, that consists of revolving brake shoes that are driven outwards by centrifugal force into contact with a fixed brake drum when the rope drum revolves at excessive speed
- 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.
- chukchi peninsula — a peninsula in the extreme NE of Russia, in NE Siberia: mainly tundra
- coral honeysuckle — trumpet honeysuckle.
- double track line — a railway line with double track
- karelian republic — a constituent republic of NW Russia between the White Sea and Lakes Onega and Ladoga. Capital: Petrozavodsk. Pop: 716 700 (2002). Area: 172 400 sq km (66 560 sq miles)
- keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
- knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
- lame-duck session — (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November.
- lick one's wounds — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
- monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
- publicity-seeking — eager to attract publicity
- rocket propulsion — propulsion of an object by thrust developed by a rocket.
- run out the clock — to maintain control of the ball in the closing minutes of a game
- silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union
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