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17-letter words containing k, e, t, o

  • fermentation lock — a valve placed on the top of bottles of fermenting wine to allow bubbles to escape
  • figure-eight knot — a kind of knot
  • fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
  • four-stroke cycle — A four-stroke cycle is the cycle of engine operation which requires four strokes of the piston: for induction, compression, ignition, and exhaust.
  • frankenstein food — any foodstuff that has been genetically modified
  • garboard (strake) — the strake adjoining the keel
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • greater forkbeard — a fish of the Phycidae family
  • hasbrouck heights — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • heart of darkness — a short novel (1902) by Joseph Conrad.
  • histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
  • horatio kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
  • houndstooth check — a pattern of broken checks, used in woven material for jackets, shirts, etc.
  • housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
  • icing on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
  • immigrant workers — people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
  • in the background — behind the focus of attention
  • in the market for — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
  • in/out of keeping — If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
  • indian rope-trick — the supposed Indian feat of climbing an unsupported rope
  • intelligence work — spying
  • intent to package — (Debian)   (ITP) A notice, posted to the Debian developer mailing list, announcing a developer's intent to make a new Debian package, including a brief description of the package and its license.
  • internet backbone — (communications, networking)   High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. The backbones carry Internet traffic around the world and meet at Network Access Points (NAPs). The topology of the "backbone" and its interconnections may once have resembled a spine with ribs connected along its length but is now almost certainly more like a fishing net wrapped around the world with many circular paths.
  • japanese knotweed — Mexican bamboo.
  • john wilkes booth — Ballington [bal-ing-tuh n] /ˈbæl ɪŋ tən/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, founder of the Volunteers of America 1896 (son of William Booth).
  • karitane hospital — a hospital for young babies and their mothers
  • kennesaw mountain — a mountain in N Georgia, near Atlanta: battle 1864. 1809 feet (551 meters).
  • kensington palace — a royal residence in Kensington Gardens, in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea; dating from the 17th century, it was improved and extended by Sir Cristopher Wren
  • kiloelectron volt — 1000 electron-volts. Abbreviation: keV, kev.
  • kinesthesiologist — Someone who practices kinesthesiology.
  • kinetic potential — the kinetic energy minus the potential energy in a system obeying the principle of conservation of energy. Symbol: L.
  • knock on the head — to daze or kill (a person) by striking on the head
  • knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
  • knocking-off time — the time when you finish work
  • know when to stop — If you say that someone does not know when to stop, you mean that they do not control their own behaviour very well and so they often annoy or upset other people.
  • kvatro telecom as — (company)   The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
  • lake of the woods — Eldrick [el-drik] /ˈɛl drɪk/ (Show IPA), ("Tiger") born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.
  • leg before wicket — a manner of dismissal on the grounds that a batsman has been struck on the leg by a bowled ball that otherwise would have hit the wicket
  • lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
  • lighthouse keeper — a person who mans a lighthouse and makes sure that the light is working properly
  • little black book — an address book, esp. one kept by a man, with the names of women companions considered available for dating
  • little fork river — a river in N Minnesota, flowing N to the Rainy River on the Canadian border. 132 miles (212 km) long.
  • make conversation — If you make conversation, you talk to someone in order to be polite and not because you really want to.
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