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19-letter words containing e, k, o

  • come to think of it — You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious.
  • compact disk player — a device for playing compact disks.
  • concurrentsmalltalk — (language)   A concurrent variant of Smalltalk.
  • conscience-stricken — feeling anxious or guilty
  • construction worker — a person who works in the construction industry, esp one engaged in manual work
  • convergent thinking — analytical, usually deductive, thinking in which ideas are examined for their logical validity or in which a set of rules is followed, e.g. in arithmetic
  • core protocol stack — (architecture)   1. A portion of the Web Services architecture for defining and describing various Web Services. 2. The architectural protocol layers of a Bluetooth wireless communication system, comprising the Host Control Interface (HCI), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP), RS232 Serial Cable Emulation Profile (RFCOMM), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), and Object Exchange (OBEX).
  • count oneself lucky — If you say that someone can count themselves lucky, you mean that the situation they are in or the thing that has happened to them is better than it might have been or than they might have expected.
  • cracked compression — Cracked compression is a separation process for separating hydrocarbons further, with an increase in the pressure of the cracked gas.
  • cracked gas cooling — Cracked gas cooling is a process in which the temperature of a cracked gas is reduced in order to separate it into different product streams.
  • cry over spilt milk — to lament something that cannot be altered
  • data encryption key — (DEK) Used for the encryption of message text and for the computation of message integrity checks (signatures). See cryptography.
  • davy jones's locker — the bottom of the sea; grave of those drowned at sea or buried there
  • 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.
  • double-density disk — a disk with more than the normal capacity for storage
  • drink the health of — to salute or celebrate with a toast
  • earthquake coverage — Earthquake coverage is insurance coverage for damage caused by earthquakes.
  • eastern coral snake — any of numerous venomous elapid snakes, found chiefly in the New World tropics, as Micrurus fulvius (eastern coral snake) of the southeastern U.S., often brilliantly marked with bands of red, yellow, and black.
  • electro-shock baton — a baton used as a weapon to pass an electric current through part of the body
  • electronic keyboard — a typewriter keyboard used to operate an electronic device such as a computer, word processor, etc
  • emotional blackmail — a way of persuading someone to do something they do not want to do by making them feel guilty about it
  • eye make-up remover — a product used to remove cosmetics such as mascara and eyeliner
  • feel (like) oneself — to feel normally healthy, fit, etc.
  • 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.
  • flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
  • flexible kelly hose — A flexible kelly hose is a hose which carries mud to the kelly.
  • floppy (disk) drive — the controller and mechanism for reading and writing data on floppy disks
  • for the sake of sth — If you do something for the sake of something, you do it for that purpose or in order to achieve that result. You can also say that you do it for something's sake.
  • framework agreement — an agreement that sets the limits and scope for further negotiation, discussion, etc
  • free-market economy — an economy based on the free market system
  • get one's rocks off — to experience orgasm; ejaculate
  • get one's skates on — to hurry
  • go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
  • gorzow wielkopolski — a city in NW Poland, on the Warta River.
  • 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.
  • have a bone to pick — to have grounds for a quarrel
  • have a weakness for — be fond of
  • have the makings of — show potential as
  • helsinki conference — Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
  • horseshoe whipsnake — a long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snake, Coluber hippocrepis, of Eurasia
  • hound's-tooth check — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
  • identification mark — barcode or serial number
  • if i'm not mistaken — You use expressions such as if I'm not mistaken and unless I'm very much mistaken as a polite way of emphasizing the statement you are making, especially when you are confident that it is correct.
  • in someone's pocket — If you say that someone is in someone else's pocket, you disapprove of the fact that the first person is willing to do whatever the second person tells them, for example out of weakness or in return for money.
  • in the nick of time — a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
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