19-letter words containing c, o, k, e, r, n
- knickerbocker glory — a rich confection consisting of layers of ice cream, jelly, cream, and fruit served in a tall glass
- knock-out agreement — an agreement between bidders at an auction or sale not to bid against each other
- lean over backwards — to make a special effort, esp in order to please
- make oneself scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- micromesh stockings — stockings made from a material consisting of a fine mesh
- nasty piece of work — malicious person
- northern hog sucker — black sucker.
- not worth a cracker — worthless; useless
- pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
- prick up one's ears — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
- 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
- rhodesian ridgeback — a large short-haired breed of dog characterized by a ridge of hair growing along the back in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat. It was originally a hunting dog from South Africa
- san francisco peaks — a mountain mass in N Arizona: highest point in the state, Humphrey's Peak, 12,611 feet (3845 meters).
- secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
- silk-screen process — Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
- smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
- smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
- stick in one's craw — the crop of a bird or insect.
- take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
- the mathworks, inc. — (company) The company marketing MATLAB. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2098 USA. Telephone: +1 (508) 647-7000. Fax: +1 (508) 647-7101.
- to be reckoned with — of considerable importance or influence
- to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
- to suck someone dry — If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
- trickle-down theory — an economic theory that monetary benefits directed especially by the government to big business will in turn pass down to and profit smaller businesses and the general public.
- trumpet honeysuckle — an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within.
- within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
- zero and add packed — (language) (ZAP) An IBM 360/370 assembly language instruction used when performing packed arithmatic to initialise an accumulator.