15-letter words containing k, n, e, t
- stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stiffneckedness — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- stoke newington — former metropolitan borough of London, now part of Hackney
- striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
- suck it and see — to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
- sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
- take a shine to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- take account of — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- take one's ease — to relax and be comfortable
- take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
- take one's pick — If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
- take one's time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- take one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- tantalus monkey — a long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus tantalus (or C. aethiops tantalus), of central African grasslands, having a long face framed by upswept whiskers.
- telekinetically — in a telekinetic manner
- ten-weeks stock — a stock, Matthiola incana annua, of the mustard family, having spikes of white, lilac, or crimson flowers.
- terminal market — an organized market in a city into which large quantities of agricultural produce, livestock, etc., are shipped for distribution and sale.
- terror-stricken — overwhelmed by terror; terrified.
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the donkey work — difficult, boring, or routine work
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
- the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
- the working man — working class people collectively
- the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
- thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
- thickness piece — a narrow flat or board used in scenic construction to give the illusion of depth or solidity to a door, wall, window, or the like.
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- think little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- think you're it — If you say that someone thinks they're it, you mean that they think they are better or more important than they really are.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- to make friends — If you make friends with someone, you begin a friendship with them. You can also say that two people make friends.
- to my knowledge — as far as I am aware
- to tie the knot — If you say that two people tie the knot, you mean that they get married.
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- tokodynamometer — a pressure gauge strapped to the mother's abdomen during labor to measure uterine contractions.
- tongue in cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.