18-letter words containing n, e, c, k, s
- a slap on the back — congratulation
- applied kinematics — kinematics (def 2).
- back in the saddle — at work again
- back to square one — If you are back to square one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed.
- banker's reference — a confidential statement about the financial status of a customer, provided by one bank to another, or to an authorized enquirer
- bankers-acceptance — a draft or bill of exchange that a bank has accepted. Abbreviation: BA. Also called banker's acceptance. Compare acceptance (def 6).
- basket-handle arch — an arch having a symmetrical form drawn from an odd number of radii in excess of one, which increase in length from the springing toward the center.
- benchmark position — a public service job used for comparison with a similar position, such as a position in commerce, for wage settlements
- black-necked stork — a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
- break your silence — If someone breaks their silence about something, they talk about something that they have not talked about before or for a long time.
- bring someone luck — If you say that something brings bad luck or brings someone good luck, you believe that it has an influence on whether good or bad things happen to them.
- captain james cook — Frederick Albert, 1865–1940, U.S. physician and polar explorer.
- chickenheartedness — Alternative form of chicken-heartedness.
- clark's nutcracker — a nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana, of western North America, having pale gray plumage and black and white wings and tail.
- compression stroke — The compression stroke is the stroke in an engine in which the air or air/fuel mixture is compressed before ignition.
- cooking facilities — equipment necessary for cooking
- correspondent bank — A correspondent bank is a bank that provides services such as accepting deposits for another bank.
- dead-stick landing — Aeronautics, Aerospace. a landing of an airplane or space vehicle with the engine cut off.
- down on one's luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- flat on one's back — lying supine
- get one's own back — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- gooseneck barnacle — goose barnacle
- have on one's back — to be burdened with
- honeysuckle family — the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
- jacksonville beach — a city in NE Florida.
- japanese artichoke — Chinese artichoke.
- keep at a distance — to be reserved or cool toward; treat aloofly
- keep one's chin up — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- kentucky bluegrass — a grass, Poa pratensis, of the Mississippi valley, used for pasturage and lawns.
- king of the castle — most powerful figure
- kitchen-sink drama — a type of drama of the 1950s depicting the sordid aspects of domestic reality
- knotted cranesbill — a British wildflower, Geranium nodosum, an meadow geranium with bright pink or purple flowers
- line one's pockets — to put into one's pocket: to pocket one's keys.
- locked-in syndrome — a condition in which a person is conscious but unable to move any part of the body except the eyes: results from damage to the brainstem
- make (one's) peace — If you make peace with someone or make your peace with them, you put an end to your quarrel with them, often by apologizing.
- make one's excuses — to express one's regret over not being able to attend a social gathering, etc.
- marketing research — the study of influences upon customer and consumer behaviour and the analysis of market characteristics and trends
- multicast backbone — (MBONE) A virtual network on top of the Internet which supports routing of IP multicast packets, intended for multimedia transmission. MBONE gives public access desktop video communications. The quality is poor with only 3-5 frames per second instead of the 30 frames per second of commercial television. Its advantage is that it avoids all telecommunications costs normally associated with teleconferencing. An interesting innovation is the use of MBONE for audio communications and an electronic "whiteboard" where the computer screen becomes a shared workspace where two physically remote parties can draw on and edit shared documents in real-time.
- needlestick injury — an injury that is caused by accidentally pricking the skin with a hypodermic needle
- nike of samothrace — a Greek marble statue (c200 b.c.) of Nike found at Samothrace and now in the Louvre, Paris.
- north saskatchewan — a river in S central Canada, flowing E from the Rocky Mountains and joining the South Saskatchewan River to form the Saskatchewan River. 760 miles (1223 km) long.
- north truchas peak — a mountain in N New Mexico, near Santa Fe: one of the three Truchas Peaks. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
- on a sticky wicket — in an awkward situation
- packet switch node — (PSN) A dedicated computer whose purpose is to accept, route and forward packets in a packet-switched network.
- percussion flaking — a method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another stone or a piece of bone or wood.
- prince of darkness — Satan.
- put the mockers on — stop, thwart
- radiation sickness — sickness caused by irradiation with x-rays or other nuclear radiation as a result of therapeutic treatment, accidental exposure, or a nuclear bomb explosion and characterized by nausea, vomiting, headache, cramps, diarrhea, loss of hair and teeth, destruction of white blood cells, and prolonged hemorrhage.
- rock cornish (hen) — Cornish (sense 3) Cornish (sense 3b)
- sale and leaseback — leaseback.
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