12-letter words containing k, o, h, e

ken thompson — (person) The principal inventor of the Unix operating system and author of the B language, the predecessor of C. In the early days Ken used to hand-cut Unix distribution tapes, often with a note that read "Love, ken". Old-timers still use his first name (sometimes uncapitalised, because it's a login name and mail address) in third-person reference; it is widely understood (on Usenet in particular) that without a last name "Ken" refers only to Ken Thompson. Similarly, Dennis without last name means Dennis Ritchie (and he is often known as dmr). Ken was first hired to work on the Multics project, which was a huge production with many people working on it. Multics was supposed to support hundreds of on-line logins but could barely handle three. In 1969, when Bell Labs withdrew from the project, Ken got fed up with Multics and went off to write his own operating system. People said "well, if zillions of people wrote Multics, then an OS written by one guy must be Unix!". There was some joking about eunichs as well. Ken's wife Bonnie and son Corey (then 18 months old) went to visit family in San Diego. Ken spent one week each on the kernel, file system, etc., and finished UNIX in one month along with developing SPACEWAR (or was it "Space Travel"?). See also back door, brute force, demigod, wumpus.
kenny method — a method of treating poliomyelitis, in which hot, moist packs are applied to affected muscles to relieve spasms and pain, and a regimen of exercises is prescribed to prevent deformities and to strengthen the muscles.
keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
khornerstone — A multipurpose benchmark from Workstation Labs used in various periodicals. The source is not free. Results are published in "UNIX Review".
kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
kitchen foil — aluminium foil used in cooking or storing food
kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
kosher-style — (of a cuisine, restaurant, etc.) featuring traditional Jewish dishes, but not adhering to the dietary laws: kosher-style cooking.
mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
make history — do sth of great significance
make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
make whoopee — make whoopee, to engage in uproarious merrymaking.
manuka honey — honey from the nectar of the manuka tree, often used for medicinal purposes; known as active manuka honey if it has a UMF rating of over 10.
monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
monkey house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
mother-naked — stark naked; as naked as when born.
motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
network, the — 1. (jargon, networking) (Or "the net") The union of all the major noncommercial, academic and hacker-oriented networks, such as Internet, the old ARPANET, NSFnet, BITNET, and the virtual UUCP and Usenet "networks", plus the corporate in-house networks and commercial time-sharing services (such as CompuServe) that gateway to them. A site was generally considered "on the network" if it could be reached by electronic mail through some combination of Internet-style (@-sign) and UUCP (bang-path) addresses. Since the explosion of the Internet in the mid 1990s, the term is now synonymous with the Internet. See network address. 2. (body) A fictional conspiracy of libertarian hacker-subversives and anti-authoritarian monkeywrenchers described in Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Schrödinger's Cat", to which many hackers have subsequently decided they belong (this is an example of ha ha only serious).
night monkey — douroucouli.
north korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.
nothing like — totally dissimilar to, completely unlike
occurs check — (programming) A feature of some implementations of unification which causes unification of a logic variable V and a structure S to fail if S contains V. Binding a variable to a structure containing that variable results in a cyclic structure which may subsequently cause unification to loop forever. Some implementations use extra pointer comparisons to avoid this. Most implementations of Prolog do not perform the occurs check for reasons of efficiency. Without occurs check the complexity of unification is O(min(size(term1), size(term2))) with occurs check it's O(max(size(term1), size(term2))) In theorem proving unification without the occurs check can lead to unsound inference. For example, in Prolog it is quite valid to write X = f(X). which will succeed, binding X to a cyclic structure. Clearly however, if f is taken to stand for a function rather than a constructor, then the above equality is only valid if f is the identity function. Weijland calls unification without occur check, "complete unification". The reference below describes a complete unification algorithm in terms of Colmerauer's consistency algorithm.
off the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
ohio buckeye — See under buckeye (def 1).
on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
on the block — for sale at auction
on the books — registered
on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
on the skite — on a drinking spree
on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
patch pocket — a pocket formed by sewing a piece of shaped material to the outside of a garment.
pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
phone phreak — a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
pork-chopper — a labor official put on the union payroll as a reward for past loyalty or services.
poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
robert hooke — Robert, 1635–1703, English philosopher, microscopist, and physicist.

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