20-letter words containing k, a, t, n
- swan's neck pediment — a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S -curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the scrolls.
- synchronized skating — the art or sport of teams of up to twenty skaters holding onto each other and moving in patterns in time to music
- take into one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- take pity on someone — If you take pity on someone, you feel sorry for them and help them.
- take something amiss — to be annoyed or offended by something
- take to the cleaners — a person who cleans, especially one whose regular occupation is cleaning offices, buildings, equipment, etc.
- take up a collection — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take up the gauntlet — to accept a challenge
- there's no mistaking — You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it.
- to be walking on air — If you say that you are walking on air or floating on air, you mean that you feel extremely happy about something.
- to get your own back — If you get your own back on someone, you have your revenge on them because of something bad that they have done to you.
- to keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example, when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
- to keep your hand in — If you do something to keep your hand in, you practise a skill or hobby occasionally in order to remain fairly good at it.
- to look high and low — If you say that you looked high and low for something, you are emphasizing that you looked for it in every place that you could think of.
- to make up your mind — If you make up your mind or make your mind up, you decide which of a number of possible things you will have or do.
- to stick in the craw — to be unacceptable or displeasing to someone
- tom, dick, and harry — the ordinary person; people generally; everyone: They invited every Tom, Dick, and Harry to the party.
- tom, dick, and jerry — a hot mixed drink containing rum, brandy, egg, nutmeg, and sometimes milk
- track-laying vehicle — A track-laying vehicle is a vehicle whose wheels run inside a continuous chain or track.
- track-train dynamics — the interaction between the track and a moving train.
- travel-sickness pill — a pill which is used to relieve the symptoms of travel or motion sickness, the condition of being nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
- trustee savings bank — a British financial institution which offered savings facilities for small investors and was managed by unpaid trustees. Depositors had no voting rights and no say in financial or managerial matters. The bank is now a public limited company with the same rights and services as other banks and only retains the title in the abbreviated form TSB.
- upper income bracket — a grouping of the highest earning tax payers
- walk-in refrigerator — a refrigerated storage room, as at a butcher shop.
- watch someone's back — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- worker participation — a process by which subordinate employees, either individually or collectively, become involved in one or more aspects of organizational decision making within the enterprises in which they work
- working relationship — a relationship with a colleague, boss or employee
- working-capital fund — a fund established to finance operating activities in an industrial enterprise.
- you know what i mean — You can use expressions such as you know what I mean and if you know what I mean to suggest that the person listening to you understands what you are trying to say, and so you do not have to explain any more.