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19-letter words containing k, n, e, t

  • the great awakening — a movement of religious revival in the American Colonies from c. 1720 to the time of the Revolution
  • the mathworks, inc. — (company)   The company marketing MATLAB. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2098 USA. Telephone: +1 (508) 647-7000. Fax: +1 (508) 647-7101.
  • theodore von karmanTheodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
  • there is no knowing — one cannot tell
  • ticket-of-leave man — (formerly in Britain) a convict who had a permit to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him
  • to be reckoned with — of considerable importance or influence
  • to break new ground — If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.
  • to click into place — If you have been trying to understand something puzzling and then everything falls into place or clicks into place, you suddenly understand how different pieces of information are connected and everything becomes clearer.
  • to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
  • to keep your end up — If you have to keep your end up, or to keep up your end of something, you have to do something as well as other people, or as well as you are expected to do it.
  • to let someone know — If you let someone know something, you tell them about it or make sure that they know about it.
  • to make eye contact — If you make eye contact with someone, you look at them at the same time as they look at you, so that you are both aware that you are looking at each other. If you avoid eye contact with someone, you deliberately do not look straight at them because you feel awkward or embarrassed.
  • to shudder to think — If you say that you shudder to think what would happen in a particular situation, you mean that you expect it to be so bad that you do not really want to think about it.
  • to suck someone dry — If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left.
  • trickle-down theory — an economic theory that monetary benefits directed especially by the government to big business will in turn pass down to and profit smaller businesses and the general public.
  • trumpet honeysuckle — an American honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens, having spikes of large, tubular flowers, deep-red outside and yellow within.
  • up to one's neck in — deeply involved in
  • valley of the kings — a valley on the west bank of the Nile near the site of Thebes: the necropolis of many of the kings and queens of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt, c1350–c1200 b.c.
  • value added network — (networking)   (VAN) A privately owned network that provides a specific service, such as legal research or access to a specialised database, for a fee. A Value Added Network usually offers some service or information that is not readily available on public networks. A Value Added Network's customers typically purchase leased lines that connect them to the network or they use a dial-up number, given by the network owner, to gain access to the network.
  • what makes one tick — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
  • whistle in the dark — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
  • yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters
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