16-letter words containing c, u, s, k, e
- stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
- the cuckoo's egg — A great book (and subsequent BBC TV series) telling the true story of Clifford Stoll, an astronomy professor at UCB's Lawrence Berkeley Lab. A 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorised user (a cracker) on his system. The cracker, code named "Hunter", was breaking into US computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Hunter was part of a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine, and reporting to the KGB.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
- tollhouse cookie — a crisp cookie containing bits of chocolate and sometimes chopped nuts.
- turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
- up to one's neck — If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.
- upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.