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17-letter words containing l, o, c, k, e, t

  • against the clock — If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
  • back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
  • balance the books — do accounting
  • black forest cake — a torte consisting typically of thin layers of chocolate cake spread with alternating layers of chocolate, cherry, and whipped-cream filling and covered with whipped cream
  • black-box testing — functional testing
  • block coefficient — the ratio of the immersed volume of a vessel to the product of its immersed draft, length, and beam.
  • bouncebackability — the ability to recover after a setback, esp in sport
  • buttock-clenching — making one tighten the buttocks through extreme fear or embarrassment
  • carolina parakeet — an extinct New World parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, that ranged into the northern U.S., having yellowish-green plumage with an orange-yellow head.
  • checkable deposit — a checking account
  • chicklet keyboard — (spelling)   It's spelled "chiclet keyboard".
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • cocktail waitress — a woman who serves in a bar or cocktail lounge
  • coffee-table book — A coffee-table book is a large expensive book with a lot of pictures, which is designed to be looked at rather than to be read properly, and is usually placed where people can see it easily.
  • double track line — a railway line with double track
  • elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
  • fermentation lock — a valve placed on the top of bottles of fermenting wine to allow bubbles to escape
  • four-stroke cycle — A four-stroke cycle is the cycle of engine operation which requires four strokes of the piston: for induction, compression, ignition, and exhaust.
  • go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
  • grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
  • grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
  • histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
  • intelligence work — spying
  • kensington palace — a royal residence in Kensington Gardens, in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea; dating from the 17th century, it was improved and extended by Sir Cristopher Wren
  • kiloelectron volt — 1000 electron-volts. Abbreviation: keV, kev.
  • kinetic potential — the kinetic energy minus the potential energy in a system obeying the principle of conservation of energy. Symbol: L.
  • knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
  • kvatro telecom as — (company)   The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
  • leg before wicket — a manner of dismissal on the grounds that a batsman has been struck on the leg by a bowled ball that otherwise would have hit the wicket
  • lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
  • little black book — an address book, esp. one kept by a man, with the names of women companions considered available for dating
  • north little rock — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
  • peacock butterfly — a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • 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.
  • 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
  • run out the clock — to maintain control of the ball in the closing minutes of a game
  • 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
  • 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.
  • soft-rock geology — geology dealing with sedimentary rocks.
  • stonewall jacksonAndrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
  • take second place — If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.
  • take the place of — replace, be a substitute for
  • the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
  • the plot thickens — People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
  • to beat the clock — If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended.
  • to make sth clear — If you make something clear, you say something in a way that makes it impossible for there to be any doubt about your meaning, wishes, or intentions.

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