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19-letter words containing k, o, c

  • cock-and-bull story — If you describe something that someone tells you as a cock-and-bull story, you mean that you do not believe it is true.
  • colorado tick fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in the Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, carried by a tick, Dermacentor andersoni, and characterized by fever, sensitivity to light, headache, and leg and back pain.
  • come to think of it — You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious.
  • compact disk player — a device for playing compact disks.
  • concurrentsmalltalk — (language)   A concurrent variant of Smalltalk.
  • conscience-stricken — feeling anxious or guilty
  • construction worker — a person who works in the construction industry, esp one engaged in manual work
  • convergent thinking — analytical, usually deductive, thinking in which ideas are examined for their logical validity or in which a set of rules is followed, e.g. in arithmetic
  • core protocol stack — (architecture)   1. A portion of the Web Services architecture for defining and describing various Web Services. 2. The architectural protocol layers of a Bluetooth wireless communication system, comprising the Host Control Interface (HCI), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP), RS232 Serial Cable Emulation Profile (RFCOMM), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), and Object Exchange (OBEX).
  • count oneself lucky — If you say that someone can count themselves lucky, you mean that the situation they are in or the thing that has happened to them is better than it might have been or than they might have expected.
  • cracked compression — Cracked compression is a separation process for separating hydrocarbons further, with an increase in the pressure of the cracked gas.
  • cracked gas cooling — Cracked gas cooling is a process in which the temperature of a cracked gas is reduced in order to separate it into different product streams.
  • cry over spilt milk — to lament something that cannot be altered
  • data encryption key — (DEK) Used for the encryption of message text and for the computation of message integrity checks (signatures). See cryptography.
  • davy jones's locker — the bottom of the sea; grave of those drowned at sea or buried there
  • devils-on-horseback — a savoury of prunes wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
  • displaced homemaker — a woman recently divorced, separated, or widowed after many years as a homemaker.
  • dry-bulk cargo ship — a ship that carries an unpackaged dry cargo such as coal or grain; bulk carrier
  • earthquake coverage — Earthquake coverage is insurance coverage for damage caused by earthquakes.
  • eastern coral snake — any of numerous venomous elapid snakes, found chiefly in the New World tropics, as Micrurus fulvius (eastern coral snake) of the southeastern U.S., often brilliantly marked with bands of red, yellow, and black.
  • electro-shock baton — a baton used as a weapon to pass an electric current through part of the body
  • electronic keyboard — a typewriter keyboard used to operate an electronic device such as a computer, word processor, etc
  • emotional blackmail — a way of persuading someone to do something they do not want to do by making them feel guilty about it
  • five o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
  • five-o'clock shadow — the rather dark stubble that appears on a man's face some hours after shaving, typically in the late afternoon if he shaved in the morning.
  • flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
  • four-o'clock family — the plant family Nyctaginaceae, characterized by chiefly tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having colored, petallike bracts beneath petalless flowers and winged or grooved dry fruit, and including the bougainvillea and four-o'clock.
  • free-market economy — an economy based on the free market system
  • get one's rocks off — to experience orgasm; ejaculate
  • go off at half-cock — to fail as a result of inadequate preparation or premature starting
  • go to rack and ruin — If you say that a place is going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after it.
  • grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
  • grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
  • grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
  • graphic workstation — (graphics, computer)   A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. A graphic workstation is very similar to a CAD workstation and, given the typical specifications of personal computers currently available in 1999, the distinctions are very blurred and are more likely to depend on availability of specific software than any detailed hardware requirements.
  • have a bone to pick — to have grounds for a quarrel
  • helsinki conference — Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
  • hick-joint pointing — pointing having raked joints filled flush with the face of the masonry with a finish mortar.
  • hound's-tooth check — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
  • identification mark — barcode or serial number
  • in someone's pocket — If you say that someone is in someone else's pocket, you disapprove of the fact that the first person is willing to do whatever the second person tells them, for example out of weakness or in return for money.
  • in the nick of time — a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
  • inglenook fireplace — a large fireplace with a space on either side
  • isokinetic exercise — exercise or a program of exercises to increase muscular strength, power, and endurance based on lifting, pulling, or pushing variable weight or resistance at a constant speed.
  • jamaica honeysuckle — a climbing vine, Passiflora laurifolia, of tropical America, having red-spotted white flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide, with a white and violet-colored crown, and edible yellow fruit.
  • jerusalem artichoke — Also called girasol. a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks.
  • jockey for position — If someone is jockeying for position, they are using whatever methods they can in order to get into a better position than their rivals.
  • john c breckinridge — John Cabell, 1821–75, vice president of the U.S. 1857–61: Confederate general in the American Civil War.
  • joint-stock company — an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.
  • keep one's distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
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