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17-letter words containing k, o, l

  • make light of sth — If you make light of something, you treat it as though it is not serious or important, when in fact it is.
  • make no apologies — If you say that you make no apologies for what you have done, you are emphasizing that you feel that you have done nothing wrong.
  • meech lake accord — the agreement reached in 1987 at Meech Lake, Quebec, at a Canadian federal-provincial conference that accepted Quebec's conditions for signing the Constitution Act of 1982. The Accord lapsed when the legislatures of two provinces, Newfoundland and Quebec, failed to ratify it by the deadline of June 23, 1990
  • michigan bankroll — a large roll of paper money in small denominations.
  • mid-level network — (Or "regional network"). The kind of networks which make up the second level of the Internet hierarchy. They are the transit networks which connect the stub networks to the backbone networks.
  • mikhail gorbachev — Mikhail S(ergeyevich) [mi-kahyl sur-gey-uh-vich,, mi-keyl;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel syir-gye-yi-vyich] /mɪˈkaɪl sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ,, mɪˈkeɪl;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1931, Soviet political leader: general secretary of the Communist Party 1985–91; president of the Soviet Union 1988–91; Nobel Peace Prize 1990.
  • milton work count — a system of hand valuation in which aces count 4, kings 3, queens 2, and jacks 1
  • monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
  • never looked back — If you say that someone did something and then never looked back, you mean that they were very successful from that time on.
  • nicholas bourbaki — the pseudonym of a group of mainly French mathematicians that, since 1939, has been producing a monumental work on advanced mathematics, Eléments de Mathématique
  • nikolaus von cusa — Nicholas (def 1).
  • non-manual worker — a person whose job involves the use of their mind, rather than the use of their hands or physical strength
  • nord-ostsee kanal — German name of Kiel Canal.
  • north lanarkshire — a council area of central Scotland: consists mainly of the NE part of the historical county of Lanarkshire; formerly (1974–96) part of Strathclyde Region: engineering and metalworking industries. Administrative centre: Motherwell. Pop: 321 820 (2003 est). Area: 1771 sq km (684 sq miles)
  • north little rock — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
  • parker house roll — a soft dinner roll made by folding a flat disk of dough in half.
  • peacock butterfly — a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
  • planck's constant — the fundamental constant of quantum mechanics, expressing the ratio of the energy of one quantum of radiation to the frequency of the radiation and approximately equal to 6.624 × 10− 27 erg-seconds. Symbol: h.
  • pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
  • pocket calculator — an electronic calculator small enough to be carried on one's person.
  • purple chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
  • radial keratotomy — a surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness by making a series of spokelike incisions in the cornea to change its shape and focusing properties.
  • radio alarm clock — an alarm clock which consists of a radio that can be set to play at a particular time
  • reading knowledge — the ability to read a language, but not speak it
  • republic of korea — a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea. Compare Korean War.
  • right-to-work law — a state law making it illegal to refuse employment to a person for the sole reason that he or she is not a union member.
  • rock of gibraltar — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
  • rocket propulsion — propulsion of an object by thrust developed by a rocket.
  • rocket technology — the technology of the design, operation, maintenance, and launching of rockets
  • rodolphe kreutzer — Rodolphe [raw-dawlf] /rɔˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1766–1831, French violinist.
  • rom kernel manual — (publication)   (RKM) A series of books or files for developers for the Amiga computer, containing information about the operating system kernel stored in ROM.
  • rough-legged hawk — a large hawk, Buteo lagopus, of the Northern Hemisphere, that feeds chiefly on small rodents.
  • row-level locking — (database)   A technique used in database management systems, where a row is locked for writing to prevent other users from accessing data being while it is being updated. Other techniques are table locking and MVCC.
  • run out the clock — to maintain control of the ball in the closing minutes of a game
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • selkirk mountains — a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Sandford, 3533 m (11 590 ft)
  • settlement worker — a person who works with underprivileged people in a settlement house.
  • shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
  • single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
  • six o'clock swill — a period of heavy drinking, esp during the years when hotels had to close their bars at 6.00 p.m.
  • smoke-filled room — a place, as a hotel room, for conducting secret negotiations, effecting compromises, devising strategy, etc.
  • smokeless tobacco — snuff1 (def 9).
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • social notworking — the practice of spending time unproductively on social networking websites, esp when one should be working
  • soft-rock geology — geology dealing with sedimentary rocks.
  • south lanarkshire — a council area of S Scotland, comprising the S part of the historical county of Lanarkshire: included within Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: has uplands in the S and part of the Glasgow conurbation in the N: mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Hamilton. Pop: 303 010 (2003 est). Area: 1771 sq km (684 sq miles)
  • split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
  • stonewall jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
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