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17-letter words containing n, e, c, k, d, o

  • american dog tick — a common tick, Dermacentor variabilis, that is the vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the eastern U.S. and also carries tularemia.
  • background report — a report on someone or something that sheds light on their background, esp a report on the background of a person convicted of a crime before they are sentenced by a judge
  • behind one's back — without one's knowledge; secretly or deceitfully
  • blackboard jungle — a school or school system characterized by lack of discipline and by juvenile delinquency.
  • book depreciation — Book depreciation is depreciation in a company's internal financial records that is different from the amount that is used for taxes.
  • breakdown service — a service that provides assistance to motorists who break down
  • cardinal grosbeak — any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage
  • cardiogenic shock — a type of shock caused by decreased cardiac output despite adequate blood volume, owing to a disease of the heart itself, as myocardial infarction, or any other factor that interferes with the filling or emptying of the heart.
  • converged network — (networking)   A single network that can carry voice, video and data.
  • dark-complexioned — (of a person) having a dark complexion
  • double track line — a railway line with double track
  • economic blockade — an embargo on trade with a country, esp one which prohibits receipt of exports from that country, with the intention of disrupting the country's economy
  • 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.
  • green book cd-rom — A standard CD-ROM format developed by Philips for CD-i. It is ISO 9660 compliant and uses mode 2 form 2 addressing. It can only be played on drives which are XA (Extended Architecture) compatible. Many Green Book discs contain CD-i applications which can only be played on a CD-i player but many others contain films or music videos. Video CDs in Green Book format are normally labelled "Digital Video on CD" Green Book was obsoleted by White book CD-ROM in March 1994.
  • houndstooth check — a pattern of broken checks, used in woven material for jackets, shirts, etc.
  • in the background — behind the focus of attention
  • indian rope-trick — the supposed Indian feat of climbing an unsupported rope
  • keyboard commando — (messaging)   A bulletin board user who posts authoritatively on military or combat topics, but who has never served in uniform or heard a shot fired in anger. A poseur.
  • knock on the head — to daze or kill (a person) by striking on the head
  • knowledge economy — an economy in which information services are dominant as an area of growth
  • lame-duck session — (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November.
  • landlocked salmon — a variety of the Atlantic Ocean salmon, Salmo salar, confined to the freshwater lakes of New England and adjacent areas of Canada.
  • lick one's wounds — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
  • locked and loaded — [Military slang for an M-16 rifle with magazine inserted and prepared for firing] Said of a removable disk volume properly prepared for use - that is, locked into the drive and with the heads loaded. Ironically, because their heads are "loaded" whenever the power is up, this description is never used of Winchester drives (which are named after a rifle).
  • monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
  • neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
  • 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.
  • pocket dictionary — a small portable dictionary
  • quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
  • round-trip ticket — a ticket entitling a passenger to travel to his or her destination and back again
  • second balkan war — Balkan War (def 2).
  • second-hand smoke — from sb else's cigarette
  • self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
  • take into custody — to arrest
  • 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.
  • well-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.

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