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19-letter words containing h, o, n, r, k

  • a hard nut to crack — a person not easily persuaded or won over
  • angels-on-horseback — a savoury of oysters wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
  • ark of the covenant — the chest containing the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, kept in the holiest part of the ancient Jewish Tabernacle: Ex. 25:10
  • atmospheric braking — a technique of reentry in which the vehicle is maneuvered in the upper atmosphere so as to lose velocity by utilizing drag without overheating.
  • booker t washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • champagne corks pop — If you say that champagne corks are popping, you mean that people are celebrating something.
  • cherenkov radiation — the electromagnetic radiation produced when a charged particle moves through a medium at a greater velocity than the velocity of light in that medium
  • 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
  • devils-on-horseback — a savoury of prunes wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
  • drink the health of — to salute or celebrate with a toast
  • electro-shock baton — a baton used as a weapon to pass an electric current through part of the body
  • flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
  • giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
  • 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.
  • graphic workstation — (graphics, computer)   A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. A graphic workstation is very similar to a CAD workstation and, given the typical specifications of personal computers currently available in 1999, the distinctions are very blurred and are more likely to depend on availability of specific software than any detailed hardware requirements.
  • have a weakness for — be fond of
  • helsinki conference — Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
  • horseshoe whipsnake — a long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snake, Coluber hippocrepis, of Eurasia
  • john c breckinridgeJohn Cabell, 1821–75, vice president of the U.S. 1857–61: Confederate general in the American Civil War.
  • john maynard keynesJohn Maynard, 1st Baron, 1883–1946, English economist and writer.
  • keep one's shirt on — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
  • kirlian photography — a photographic process that supposedly records electrical discharges naturally emanating from living objects, producing an auralike glow surrounding the object on a photographic plate or film with which the object is in direct contact.
  • knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
  • know a thing or two — be experienced in sth
  • know better than to — not to be so stupid as to
  • long-and-short work — an arrangement of rectangular quoins or jambstones set alternately vertically and horizontally.
  • lumholtz's kangaroo — boongary.
  • micromesh stockings — stockings made from a material consisting of a fine mesh
  • niagara-on-the-lake — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the border between Canada and New York.
  • no shrinking violet — If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
  • north new hyde park — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • northern hog sucker — black sucker.
  • not worth a cracker — worthless; useless
  • on the baker's list — in good health
  • ousterhout, john k. — John Ousterhout
  • pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
  • raise one's hackles — one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
  • rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
  • rhodesian ridgeback — a large short-haired breed of dog characterized by a ridge of hair growing along the back in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat. It was originally a hunting dog from South Africa
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • take sth personally — If you take someone's remarks personally, you are upset because you think that they are criticizing you in particular.
  • tanizaki jun-ichiro — 1886–1965, Japanese novelist, whose works, such as Some Prefer Nettles (1929) and The Makioka Sisters (1943–48), reflect the tension between Western values and Japanese traditions
  • the mathworks, inc. — (company)   The company marketing MATLAB. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2098 USA. Telephone: +1 (508) 647-7000. Fax: +1 (508) 647-7101.
  • theodore von karmanTheodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
  • there is no knowing — one cannot tell
  • think on (or upon) — to give thought or consideration to
  • to be reckoned with — of considerable importance or influence
  • to shudder to think — If you say that you shudder to think what would happen in a particular situation, you mean that you expect it to be so bad that you do not really want to think about it.

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