22-letter words containing c, o, k, n, e
- neighborhood bike code — (humour, programming) A piece of code that every programmer at the company has touched.
- network interface card — network interface controller
- network node interface — (networking) (NNI) The ATM Forum's specification for connections between network nodes. NNI makes network routing possible. It typically refers to backbone trunk connections between ATM switching equipment. See also: UNI.
- nicky nicky nine doors — the practice of knocking on a door or ringing a doorbell and running away before it is answered
- nkosi sikelel' iafrica — the unofficial anthem of the Black people of South Africa, officially recognized as a national anthem (along with parts of 'Die Stem' and an English verse) in 1991
- oak processionary moth — a moth, (Thaumetopoea processionea), of the family Thaumetopoeidae, the larvae of which leave the communal shelter nightly for food in a V-shaped procession
- oceanic whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 2).
- on (or off) the track — keeping to (or straying from) the subject, objective, or goal
- open network computing — (ONC) Sun's network protocols.
- out-of-pocket expenses — expenses which are unbudgeted and paid for in cash
- packet internet groper — ping
- rocky mountain juniper — a juniper, Juniperus scopulorum, of western North America, that yields a soft, reddish wood used for making fences, pencils, etc., and that is also grown as an ornamental.
- rocky mountain oysters — mountain oyster.
- second-hand bookseller — a person who has a second-hand bookshop
- short end of the stick — a branch or shoot of a tree or shrub that has been cut or broken off.
- sick building syndrome — an illness caused by exposure to pollutants or germs inside an airtight building.
- sir william blackstone — Sir William, 1723–80, English jurist and writer on law.
- skeleton in the closet — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body.
- social networking site — a website that allows subscribers to interact, typically by requesting that others add them to their visible list of contacts, by forming or joining sub-groups based around shared interests, or publishing content so that a specified group of subscribers can access it
- speckle interferometry — a photographic technique for clarifying the telescopic images of a star by taking short exposures of the electronic images of the star's speckle pattern and extrapolating properties of the starlight to create a more accurate composite image.
- take a fancy to sb/sth — If you take a fancy to someone or something, you start liking them, usually for no understandable reason.
- take cognizance of sth — If you take cognizance of something, you take notice of it or acknowledge it.
- to be knocked sideways — If you are knocked sideways by something, it makes you feel very surprised, confused, or upset.
- to bend over backwards — If you say that someone is bending over backwards to be helpful or kind, you are emphasizing that they are trying very hard to be helpful or kind.
- to stick your neck out — If you stick your neck out, you bravely say or do something that might be criticized or might turn out to be wrong.
- user network interface — (communications, networking) (UNI) An interface point between ATM end users and a private ATM switch, or between a private ATM switch and the public carrier ATM network. The physical and protocol specifications for UNIs are defined by the ATM Forum's UNI documents, which allow for various types of physical interfaces. See also: NNI
- workmen's compensation — compensation for death, injury, or accident suffered by a workman in the course of his employment and paid to him or his dependents
- wrong end of the stick — a complete misunderstanding of a situation, explanation, etc
- xerox network services — (networking) (XNS)
- your neck of the woods — Someone or something that is from your neck of the woods is from the same part of the country as you are.