21-letter words containing k, o, h

protestant work ethic — work ethic.
rap over the knuckles — to reprimand
red-headed woodpecker — a black and white North American woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, having a red head and neck.
s-k reduction machine — An abstract machine defined by Professor David Turner to evaluate combinator expressions represented as binary graphs. Named after the two basic combinators, S and K.
safe in the knowledge — If you do something safe in the knowledge that something else is the case, you do the first thing confidently because you are sure of the second thing.
school of hard knocks — the experience gained from living, especially from disappointment and hard work, regarded as a means of education: The only school he ever attended was the school of hard knocks.
sick to one's stomach — afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
sink one's teeth into — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
skeleton at the feast — a person or event that brings gloom or sadness to an occasion of joy or celebration
stick in one's throat — to be difficult, or against one's conscience, for one to accept, utter, or believe
stockholder of record — a stockholder or his or her agent whose name is registered on the books of the issuing corporation at the close of a business day set for determining that stockholders shall receive dividends or vote on an issue.
strike the right note — to behave appropriately
take off one's hat to — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
take one's hat off to — to salute or congratulate
take sb at their word — If you take someone at their word, you believe what they say, when they did not really mean it or when they meant something slightly different.
take sb/sth seriously — If you take someone or something seriously, you believe that they are important and deserve attention.
take the consequences — to accept the results of one's actions
tartarian honeysuckle — an Asian honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica, having fragrant, white to pink flowers.
the break of day/dawn — The break of day or the break of dawn is the time when it begins to grow light after the night.
the corncracker state — a nickname for the state of Kentucky
the fast track to sth — the quickest or most direct route or system
the icing on the cake — If you describe something as the icing on the cake, you mean that it makes a good thing even better, but it is not essential.
the joker in the pack — If you describe someone or something as the joker in the pack, you mean that they are different from the other people or things in their group, and can be unpredictable.
the microsoft network — (networking) (MSN) Microsoft's ISP and online content service, launched in October 1996. Not to be confused with Microsoft Networking. MSN was originally based on custom software and protocols, however Microsoft saw the error of their ways and adopted Internet standards. MSN now provides standard WWW and email facilities, albeit with Microsoft's Internet Explorer web-browser and the Outlook Express email software. The service also provides "Community Services" including newsgroups, forums, and chat.
the rock of gibraltar — a limestone promontory at the tip of S Spain
the yellow brick road — the road to success or happiness (in the film the Wizard of Oz the yellow brick road leads to Oz)
think outside the box — to think in a different, innovative, or original manner, esp with regard to business practices, products, systems, etc
three-toed woodpecker — either of two woodpeckers of the genus Picoides, of the Northern Hemisphere, having only three toes on each foot.
to be hard luck on sb — to be unfortunate or unlucky for someone
to be killed outright — If someone is killed outright, they die immediately, for example in an accident.
to hit the bookstands — (of a book) to be published
to look the other way — If you say that someone looks the other way, you are critical of them because they pay no attention to something unpleasant that is happening, when they should be dealing with it properly.
to my way of thinking — You add to my way of thinking to a statement in order to indicate that you are giving your opinion.
to sink without trace — If you say that someone or something sinks without trace or sinks without a trace, you mean that they stop existing or stop being successful very suddenly and completely.
to take the high road — to take the course of action which is safest and most familiar
to take the long view — If you take the long view, you consider what is likely to happen in the future over a long period, rather than thinking only about things that are going to happen soon.
to think better of it — If you intend to do something and then think better of it, you decide not to do it because you realize it would not be sensible.
weak head normal form — (reduction, theory) (WHNF) A lambda expression is in weak head normal form (WHNF) if it is a head normal form (HNF) or any lambda abstraction. I.e. the top level is not a redex. The term was coined by Simon Peyton Jones to make explicit the difference between head normal form (HNF) and what graph reduction systems produce in practice. A lambda abstraction with a reducible body, e.g. \ x . ((\ y . y+x) 2) is in WHNF but not HNF. To reduce this expression to HNF would require reduction of the lambda body: (\ y . y+x) 2 --> 2+x Reduction to WHNF avoids the name capture problem with its need for alpha conversion of an inner lambda abstraction and so is preferred in practical graph reduction systems. The same principle is often used in strict languages such as Scheme to provide call-by-name evaluation by wrapping an expression in a lambda abstraction with no arguments: D = delay E = \ () . E The value of the expression is obtained by applying it to the empty argument list:

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