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19-letter words containing d, h, o, k

  • a hard nut to crack — a person not easily persuaded or won over
  • cherenkov radiation — the electromagnetic radiation produced when a charged particle moves through a medium at a greater velocity than the velocity of light in that medium
  • devils-on-horseback — a savoury of prunes wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
  • displaced homemaker — a woman recently divorced, separated, or widowed after many years as a homemaker.
  • don't make me laugh — Some people reply to other people's comments or opinions by saying 'Don't make me laugh' when they disagree with them and think they are foolish or inaccurate.
  • drink the health of — to salute or celebrate with a toast
  • dry-bulk cargo ship — a ship that carries an unpackaged dry cargo such as coal or grain; bulk carrier
  • five o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
  • five-o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
  • grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
  • grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
  • grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
  • hop, skip, and jump — a short distance
  • hound's-tooth check — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
  • john c breckinridgeJohn Cabell, 1821–75, vice president of the U.S. 1857–61: Confederate general in the American Civil War.
  • john maynard keynesJohn Maynard, 1st Baron, 1883–1946, English economist and writer.
  • kill sth stone-dead — If you kill something such as an idea or emotion stone-dead, you completely destroy it.
  • knock them/'em dead — To knock them dead means to impress people a great deal, especially with your appearance.
  • long-and-short work — an arrangement of rectangular quoins or jambstones set alternately vertically and horizontally.
  • mouse-ear chickweed — any of various similar and related plants of the genus Cerastium
  • night-scented stock — a plant, Matthiola bicornis, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • north new hyde park — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • nothing of the kind — not that
  • officer of the deck — a naval duty officer responsible for the operation of the ship in the absence of the captain or the executive officer. Abbreviation: O.O.D.
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • pistol-handle knife — a table knife, especially of the 18th century, having a slightly curved handle resembling the grip of a flintlock pistol.
  • pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
  • red-shouldered hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
  • removable hard disk — (storage)   A type of magnetic disk, or possibly magneto-optical disk which is not permanently attached to the disk drive (not a fixed disk) but which can be taken out and replaced, allowing many disks to be used in the same drive. The term "removable disk" would seem to be applicable to floppy disks but is generally reserved for hard disks in suitable cartridges such as those made by Syquest, Iomega and others. Removable disk packs were common on minicomputers such as the PDP-11 in use in the 1970s except that the drives were the size of washing machines and the disk packs as big as car wheels. Removable disks became popular on microcomputers in the 1990s as a cheap way of expanding disk space, transporting large amounts of data between computers and storing backups. Large, cheap fixed hard disks and USB memory sticks have made removable disks less attractive.
  • 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
  • sackcloth and ashes — a public display of extreme grief, remorse, or repentance
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • stanislavski method — method (def 5).
  • take care to do sth — If you take care to do something, you make sure that you do it.
  • theodore von karmanTheodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
  • thomas of woodstockDuke of Gloucester, 1355–97, English prince (son of Edward III).
  • to be reckoned with — of considerable importance or influence
  • to shudder to think — If you say that you shudder to think what would happen in a particular situation, you mean that you expect it to be so bad that you do not really want to think about it.
  • 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.
  • tricks of the trade — expert techniques
  • work sb/os to death — If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair.

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