14-letter words containing h, e, k, t, o

know the ropes — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
know the score — understand the situation
kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
late check-out — A late check-out at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check out later than the normal time.
leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
milk chocolate — chocolate that has been mixed with milk.
mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
on tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
on the back of — If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.
on the knocker — promptly; at once
on the lookout — keeping watch
out of the ark — very old; out of date
phosphate rock — phosphorite.
pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
schottky noise — shot effect.
scratch monkey — (humour) As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed. This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto. Mabel was not (so the legend goes) your ordinary monkey; the university had spent years teaching her how to swim, breathing through a regulator, in order to study the effects of different gas mixtures on her physiology. Mabel suffered an untimely demise one day when a DEC engineer troubleshooting a crash on the program's VAX inadvertently interfered with some custom hardware that was wired to Mabel. It is reported that, after calming down an understandably irate customer sufficiently to ascertain the facts of the matter, a DEC troubleshooter called up the field circus manager responsible and asked him sweetly, "Can you swim?" Not all the consequences to humans were so amusing; the sysop of the machine in question was nearly thrown in jail at the behest of certain clueless droids at the local "humane" society. The moral is clear: When in doubt, always mount a scratch monkey. A corespondent adds: The details you give are somewhat consistent with the version I recall from the Digital "War Stories" notesfile, but the name "Mabel" and the swimming bit were not mentioned, IIRC. Also, there's a very detailed account that claims that three monkies died in the incident, not just one. I believe Eric Postpischil wrote the original story at DEC, so his coming back with a different version leads me to wonder whether there ever was a real Scratch Monkey incident.
sea of okhotsk — part of the NW Pacific, surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin Island, and the E coast of Siberia. Area: 1 589 840 sq km (613 838 sq miles)
shooting brake — station wagon.
something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
stick together — be united
stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
stop the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
strike through — cross out
take a shot at — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
telephone book — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
the joe blakes — the DT's
the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
think positive — be optimistic
to change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
to shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.

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