22-letter words containing k, i, t
- threespine stickleback — a widely distributed stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, occurring in marine, brackish, or fresh waters throughout the northern hemisphere.
- through thick and thin — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
- to awaken to something — to become aware of something
- to be knocked sideways — If you are knocked sideways by something, it makes you feel very surprised, confused, or upset.
- to be taken for a ride — If you say that someone has been taken for a ride, you mean that they have been deceived or cheated.
- to cast your mind back — If you cast your mind back to a time in the past, you think about what happened then.
- to make a pig's ear of — If you make a pig's ear of something you are doing, you do it very badly.
- to sell like hot cakes — If things are selling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them.
- to stick your neck out — If you stick your neck out, you bravely say or do something that might be criticized or might turn out to be wrong.
- user network interface — (communications, networking) (UNI) An interface point between ATM end users and a private ATM switch, or between a private ATM switch and the public carrier ATM network. The physical and protocol specifications for UNIs are defined by the ATM Forum's UNI documents, which allow for various types of physical interfaces. See also: NNI
- valencia simple tasker — (operating system) (VSTa) A small microkernel based Unix-like operating system, taking ideas from QNX and Plan 9, available under GPL.
- what sb/sth looks like — If you ask what someone or something looks like, you are asking for a description of them.
- workmen's compensation — compensation for death, injury, or accident suffered by a workman in the course of his employment and paid to him or his dependents
- wrong end of the stick — a complete misunderstanding of a situation, explanation, etc
- xerox network services — (networking) (XNS)
- yellow-shafted flicker — a North American woodpecker C. auratus, which has a yellow undersurface to the wings and tail
- yosemite national park — a national park in E California. 1182 sq. mi. (3060 sq. km).