22-letter words containing e, n, k
- (dead) in one's tracks — abruptly, as from being stunned or otherwise rendered unable to proceed
- (with) tongue in cheek — in a humorously ironic, mocking, or insincere way
- a monkey on one's back — addiction to a drug
- african horse sickness — a fatal infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys, which is transmitted by insect vectors. It is caused by an arbovirus and is characterized by pulmonary or cardiac signs
- alkaline earth element — any of the divalent electropositive metals beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium, belonging to group 2A of the periodic table
- anankastic personality — a personality syndrome characterized by obsessional or compulsive traits.
- andrew jackson downing — Andrew Jackson, 1815–52, U.S. landscape architect.
- autokinetic phenomenon — the apparent movement of a fixed point of light when observed in a darkened room. The effect is produced by small eye movements for which the brain is unable to compensate, having no other reference points
- bank deposit insurance — the protection of bank deposits against the insolvency of banks in the U.S., up to a specified maximum per account that is revised periodically, under special insurance through the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
- bankrupt's certificate — a document given to a bankrupt with the consent of their creditors, stating that the bankrupt has disclosed and surrendered all his property
- bankruptcy proceedings — the legal business of a bankruptcy case
- bark up the wrong tree — to misdirect one's attention, efforts, etc; be mistaken
- bell, book, and candle — instruments used formerly in excommunications and other ecclesiastical acts
- benjamin franklin wade — Benjamin Franklin, 1800–78, U.S. lawyer and antislavery politician.
- big bend national park — a national park in W Texas, on the Rio Grande. 1080 sq. mi. (2800 sq. km).
- black-scholes equation — a partial differential equation used to estimate the changing value of an option over time
- block redundancy check — Longitudinal Redundancy Check
- blue-winged kookaburra — a related smaller bird D. Leachii, of tropical Australia and New Guinea
- book of original entry — a book in which transactions are recorded before being transferred into a ledger.
- born in/out of wedlock — If a baby is born in wedlock, it is born while its parents are married. If it is born out of wedlock, it is born at a time when its parents are not married.
- catch/take sb unawares — If something catches you unawares or takes you unawares, it happens when you are not expecting it.
- central locking device — a small device that controls the central locking on a motor vehicle
- checkout test language — (language) (CTL)
- cockles of one's heart — one's deepest feelings (esp in the phrase warm the cockles of one's heart)
- common situs picketing — the picketing of an entire construction project by a union having a dispute with only one subcontractor working at the site.
- common-situs picketing — the picketing of an entire construction site by a union striking against a particular contractor or subcontractor working on only one section
- communications network — a network that provides information
- convertible loan stock — a stock or bond that can be converted into a stated number of shares at a particular date
- crankshaft end bearing — The crankshaft end bearing is the bearing between the connecting rod and the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine.
- cut someone some slack — to be less demanding of someone; ease up on someone
- decompression sickness — a disorder characterized by severe pain in muscles and joints, cramp, and difficulty in breathing, caused by a sudden and sustained decrease in air pressure, resulting in the deposition of nitrogen bubbles in the tissues
- dog's dinner/breakfast — You describe something as a dog's breakfast or dog's dinner in order to express your disapproval of it, for example because it is very untidy, badly organized, or badly done.
- end transmission block — (character) (ETB) The mnemonic for ASCII character 23.
- english cocker spaniel — any of a breed of small spaniel, similar to and the progenitor of the cocker spaniel
- extension language kit — (language) (Elk) A Scheme interpreter by Oliver Laumann <[email protected]> and Carsten Bormann <[email protected]> of the Technical University of Berlin. Elk was designed to be used as a general extension language. New types and primitive procedures can easily be added. It has first-class environments, dynamic-wind, fluid-let, macros, autoloading and a dump. It provides interfaces to Xlib, Xt and various widget sets; dynamic loading of extensions and object files; almost all artificial limitations removed; generational/incremental garbage collector; Unix system call extensions; Records (structures) and bit strings. Version: 2.2 is mostly R3RS compatible and runs on Unix, Ultrix, VAX, Sun-3, Sun-4, 68000, i386, MIPS, IBM PC RT, RS/6000, HP700, SGI, Sony, MS-DOS (gcc+DJGPP or go32).
- first cab off the rank — the first person, etc, to do or take advantage of something
- four-hundred-day clock — a clock that needs to be wound once a year, having the works exposed under a glass dome and utilizing a torsion pendulum.
- frequency shift keying — (communications) (FSK) The use of frequency modulation to transmit digital data, i.e. two different carrier frequencies are used to represent zero and one. FSK was originally used to transmit teleprinter messages by radio (RTTY) but can be used for most other types of radio and land-line digital telegraphy. More than two frequencies can be used to increase transmission rates.
- full english breakfast — morning meal of eggs, bacon, etc.
- galvanic skin response — a change in the electrical conductivity of the skin caused by an emotional reaction to a stimulus.
- garmisch-partenkirchen — a city in S Germany, in the Bavarian Alps.
- get off someone's back — to stop criticizing or pestering someone
- give someone the flick — to dismiss someone from consideration
- give someone the shake — to avoid or get rid of an undesirable person (or thing)
- give someone the works — to murder someone
- go to meet one's maker — to die
- golden-crowned kinglet — a yellowish-green kinglet, Regulus satrapa, of North America, having a yellow or orange patch on the top of the head.
- governor winthrop desk — an 18th-century American desk having a slant front.
- handle with kid gloves — grant special treatment to
- hook, line, and sinker — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
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