17-letter words containing g, e, k
- against the clock — If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
- alive and kicking — If you say that someone or something is alive and kicking, you are emphasizing not only that they continue to survive, but also that they are very active.
- american dog tick — a common tick, Dermacentor variabilis, that is the vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the eastern U.S. and also carries tularemia.
- as high as a kite — If you say that someone is as high as a kite, you mean that they are very excited or that they are greatly affected by alcohol or drugs.
- attention-seeking — intended to make people take notice
- average seek time — (storage) The mean time it takes to move the head of a disk drive from one track to another, averaged over the source and destination cylinders. Usually measured in milliseconds (ms). The average seek time gives a good measure of the speed of the drive in a multi-user environment where successive read/write request are largely uncorrelated. Ten ms is common for a hard disk and 200 ms for an eight-speed CD-ROM.
- background report — a report on someone or something that sheds light on their background, esp a report on the background of a person convicted of a crime before they are sentenced by a judge
- baggage checkroom — a left luggage office; a place at, for example, a railway station where baggage can be left
- banking principle — the principle that bank notes are a form of credit and should be issued freely in order to maintain an elastic currency.
- beefsteak begonia — an ornamental plant, Begonia erythrophylla, having light-pink flowers and nearly round, thick, fleshy leaves that are red on the underside.
- belted kingfisher — a grayish-blue, North American kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, having a white breast marked with a grayish-blue band.
- biological marker — a substance, physiological characteristic, gene, etc that indicates, or may indicate, the presence of disease, a physiological abnormality or a psychological condition
- black-backed gull — either of two common black-and-white European coastal gulls, Larus fuscus (lesser black-backed gull) and L. marinus (great black-backed gull)
- black-box testing — functional testing
- black-headed gull — a small gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, that breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and often scavenges in towns
- blackboard jungle — a school or school system characterized by lack of discipline and by juvenile delinquency.
- blue-sky thinking — Blue-sky thinking is the activity of trying to find completely new ideas.
- breakdown voltage — the minimum applied voltage that would cause a given insulator or electrode to break down.
- broad-winged hawk — an American hawk, Buteo platypterus, dark brown above and white barred with rufous below.
- brokerage account — A brokerage account is an account with a broker where an investor can buy and sell and hold securities.
- buckingham palace — the London residence of the British sovereign: built in 1703, rebuilt by John Nash in 1821–36 and partially redesigned in the early 20th century
- buttock-clenching — making one tighten the buttocks through extreme fear or embarrassment
- cardinal grosbeak — any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage
- cardiogenic shock — a type of shock caused by decreased cardiac output despite adequate blood volume, owing to a disease of the heart itself, as myocardial infarction, or any other factor that interferes with the filling or emptying of the heart.
- caretaker manager — a person who temporarily holds the office of manager of a football club
- centrifugal brake — a safety mechanism on a hoist, crane, etc, that consists of revolving brake shoes that are driven outwards by centrifugal force into contact with a fixed brake drum when the rope drum revolves at excessive speed
- content marketing — marketing that tries to attract customers by distributing informational content potentially useful to the target audience, rather than by advertising products and services in the traditional way: content marketing through blogs and email newsletters.
- contingent worker — a temporary or contract worker, especially one hired for one task or project.
- converged network — (networking) A single network that can carry voice, video and data.
- cracked gas dryer — A cracked gas dryer is a piece of equipment for removing water vapor from natural gas, for example, using adsorbers and membranes.
- cracking severity — Cracking severity is the temperature used in a cracking process to yield a product, higher temperatures being used to produce ethane and benzene, and lower temperatures to produce propene and liquid products.
- customs brokerage — the work of a customs broker
- egyptian brackets — (programming, humour) A humourous term for K&R indent style, referring to the "one hand up in front, one down behind" pose which popular culture inexplicably associates with Egypt.
- elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
- english breakfast — An English breakfast is a breakfast consisting of cooked food such as bacon, eggs, sausages, and tomatoes. It also includes toast and tea or coffee.
- figure-eight knot — a kind of knot
- fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
- game as ned kelly — extremely brave; indomitable
- garboard (strake) — the strake adjoining the keel
- general knowledge — commonly known facts
- get a kick out of — enjoy, take pleasure in
- get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- go back to the pa — to abandon city life in favour of rural life
- go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
- goldbeater's skin — the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
- golden hand-shake — a special incentive, as generous severance pay, given to an older employee as an inducement to elect early retirement.
- government broker — the government-appointed stockbroker whose job is to sell government securities on the stock exchange, as instructed by the Bank of England
- grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
- grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- great awakening's — the series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770.
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