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19-letter words containing d, u, c, t, k

  • a hard nut to crack — a person not easily persuaded or won over
  • backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
  • bloodstock industry — the breeding and training of racehorses
  • born out of wedlock — born when one's parents are not legally married
  • cock and bull story — an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.
  • cock-and-bull story — If you describe something that someone tells you as a cock-and-bull story, you mean that you do not believe it is true.
  • differential backup — (operating system)   A kind of backup that copies all files that have changed since the last full backup. Each differential backup will include all files in previous differential backups since the full backup so to restore a version of a file, you only need to search the full backup and the relevant differential backup. Some systems support differential backup by associating an "Archive" flag with each file and setting this flag whenever the file is modified to indicate that it should be included in the next backup. A differential backup does not change this flag, whereas an incremental backup resets it.
  • go to rack and ruin — If you say that a place is going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after it.
  • gray-cheeked thrush — a North American thrush, Catharus minimus, having olive upper parts and grayish cheeks.
  • hound's-tooth check — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
  • index-tracking fund — an investment fund that is administered so that its value changes in line with a given share index
  • knock-down-drag-out — marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
  • lame duck amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1933, that abolished the December to March session of those Congressmen defeated for reelection in November.
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • redbrick university — any new or little-known university, especially one built since World War II to educate students in industrial regions, emphasizing technical subjects rather than the classics, and often partially supported by government funds.
  • smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
  • take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
  • to lick your wounds — If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.
  • 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.

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