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

  • smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • stick in one's craw — the crop of a bird or insect.
  • strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
  • sweetheart neckline — a neckline on a woman's garment, as a dress, with a high back and a low-cut front with two curved edges resembling the conventionalized shape of a heart.
  • take a running jump — a contemptuous expression of dismissal
  • take it for granted — If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.
  • take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
  • take someone's part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • take sth personally — If you take someone's remarks personally, you are upset because you think that they are criticizing you in particular.
  • tanizaki jun-ichiro — 1886–1965, Japanese novelist, whose works, such as Some Prefer Nettles (1929) and The Makioka Sisters (1943–48), reflect the tension between Western values and Japanese traditions
  • 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
  • think on (or upon) — to give thought or consideration to
  • 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 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 lick your wounds — If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.
  • to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
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