17-letter words containing k, e, n, t, i
- pinckney's treaty — an agreement in 1795 between Spain and the U.S. by which Spain recognized the 31st parallel as the southern boundary of the U.S. and permitted free navigation of the Mississippi to American ships.
- pink-footed goose — a Eurasian goose, Anser brachyrhynchus, having a reddish-brown head, pink legs, and a pink band on its black beak
- pocket dictionary — a small portable dictionary
- positive thinking — an optimistic attitude
- priority check-in — Priority check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in without waiting in a line.
- protection racket — a criminal activity in which money gangsters extort money from victims in exchange for freedom from molestation
- publicity-seeking — eager to attract publicity
- put the kibosh on — nonsense.
- quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
- receiving blanket — a small blanket, usually of cotton, for wrapping an infant, especially following a bath.
- retention of risk — Retention of risk is the net amount of any risk which an insurance company does not reinsure but keeps for its own account.
- rocket propulsion — propulsion of an object by thrust developed by a rocket.
- round-trip ticket — a ticket entitling a passenger to travel to his or her destination and back again
- russian turkestan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- saint kitts-nevis — a twin-island state in the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies, consisting of the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis: formerly a British colony and member of the West Indies Associated States; gained independence 1983. 104 sq. mi. (269 sq. km). Capital: Basseterre.
- sanitation worker — a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage.
- selkirk mountains — a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Sandford, 3533 m (11 590 ft)
- shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
- silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
- silk-screen print — a type of print made with a stencil and a fine mesh screen. Ink is applied to and forced through the small holes in the screen leaving the covered area free from ink
- single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
- skate on thin ice — to place oneself in a dangerous or delicate situation
- skin of our teeth — a play (1942) by Thornton Wilder.
- social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
- south lanarkshire — a council area of S Scotland, comprising the S part of the historical county of Lanarkshire: included within Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: has uplands in the S and part of the Glasgow conurbation in the N: mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Hamilton. Pop: 303 010 (2003 est). Area: 1771 sq km (684 sq miles)
- spark transmitter — a transmitting set that generates electromagnetic waves by the oscillatory discharge from a capacitor through an inductor and a spark gap.
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- sweating sickness — a febrile epidemic disease that appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries: characterized by profuse sweating and frequently fatal in a few hours.
- take exception to — object to sth
- take in good part — to respond to (teasing) with good humour
- take into account — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- take into custody — to arrest
- take no notice of — pay no attention to, disregard
- take no prisoners — to be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
- take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
- take-no-prisoners — wholeheartedly aggressive; zealous; gung-ho: a businessman with a take-no-prisoners attitude toward dealmaking.
- telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
- the joke is on sb — If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that they have been made to look very foolish by something.
- the plot thickens — People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
- the silken ladder — a one-act opera by Rossini, telling the story of Giulia, who is secretly married to Dorvil; he visits her bedroom every night by climbing up a ladder made of silk. Giulia's guardian, Dormont, expects her to marry Blansac, but she introduces Blansac to her cousin Lucilla; after much confusion, the two couples are joyfully united
- think in terms of — If you say that you are thinking in terms of doing a particular thing, you mean that you are considering it.
- to risk your neck — If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something.
- track maintenance — the process of maintaining and repairing railway tracks
- turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
- unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union
- walk-in apartment — a ground-floor apartment having a private entrance directly from the street, rather than through a hallway of the building.
- wedding breakfast — meal served at wedding reception
- wide area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
- wide-area network — a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
- working substance — a substance, usually a fluid, that undergoes changes in pressure, temperature, volume, or form as part of a process for accomplishing work.