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19-letter words containing n, i, k

  • giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
  • go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
  • go to rack and ruin — If you say that a place is going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after it.
  • grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
  • graphic workstation — (graphics, computer)   A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. A graphic workstation is very similar to a CAD workstation and, given the typical specifications of personal computers currently available in 1999, the distinctions are very blurred and are more likely to depend on availability of specific software than any detailed hardware requirements.
  • greenstick fracture — an incomplete fracture of a long bone, in which one side is broken and the other side is still intact.
  • have a bone to pick — to have grounds for a quarrel
  • have the makings of — show potential as
  • helsinki conference — Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
  • hick-joint pointing — pointing having raked joints filled flush with the face of the masonry with a finish mortar.
  • hop, skip, and jump — a short distance
  • horseshoe whipsnake — a long slender fast-moving nonvenomous snake, Coluber hippocrepis, of Eurasia
  • identification mark — barcode or serial number
  • if i'm not mistaken — You use expressions such as if I'm not mistaken and unless I'm very much mistaken as a polite way of emphasizing the statement you are making, especially when you are confident that it is correct.
  • in someone's pocket — If you say that someone is in someone else's pocket, you disapprove of the fact that the first person is willing to do whatever the second person tells them, for example out of weakness or in return for money.
  • in the nick of time — a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
  • index-tracking fund — an investment fund that is administered so that its value changes in line with a given share index
  • inglenook fireplace — a large fireplace with a space on either side
  • intervertebral disk — the plate of fibrocartilage between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae.
  • isokinetic exercise — exercise or a program of exercises to increase muscular strength, power, and endurance based on lifting, pulling, or pushing variable weight or resistance at a constant speed.
  • jamaica honeysuckle — a climbing vine, Passiflora laurifolia, of tropical America, having red-spotted white flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide, with a white and violet-colored crown, and edible yellow fruit.
  • japanese black pine — a pine, Pinus thunbergiana, of Japan, grown as a seaside ornamental in the U.S.
  • jockey for position — If someone is jockeying for position, they are using whatever methods they can in order to get into a better position than their rivals.
  • john c breckinridge — John Cabell, 1821–75, vice president of the U.S. 1857–61: Confederate general in the American Civil War.
  • joint-stock company — an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.
  • keep one's distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • keep one's shirt on — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
  • keep sb in suspense — If you keep or leave someone in suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about.
  • kellogg-briand pact — a treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes, originally signed in 1928 by 15 nations, later joined by 49 others.
  • keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
  • kick up one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
  • kill sth stone-dead — If you kill something such as an idea or emotion stone-dead, you completely destroy it.
  • kilobits per second — (unit)   (kbps, kb/s) A unit of data rate where 1 kb/s = 1000 bits per second. This contrasts with units of storage where 1 Kb = 1024 bits (note upper case K).
  • kinematic viscosity — the coefficient of viscosity of a fluid divided by the density, usually measured in stokes.
  • king charles's head — a fixed idea; personal obsession
  • king william island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, in the W Nunavut Territory, Canada. 5062 sq. mi. (13,111 sq. km).
  • king's remembrancer — (in Great Britain) a judiciary official who collects debts owed to the king.
  • kingdom of burgundy — a kingdom in E France, established in the early 6th century ad, eventually including the later duchy of Burgundy, Franche-Comté, and the Kingdom of Provence: known as the Kingdom of Arles from the 13th century
  • kingdom of lorraine — an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
  • kirlian photography — a photographic process that supposedly records electrical discharges naturally emanating from living objects, producing an auralike glow surrounding the object on a photographic plate or film with which the object is in direct contact.
  • knickerbocker glory — a rich confection consisting of layers of ice cream, jelly, cream, and fruit served in a tall glass
  • knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
  • knights of columbus — an international fraternal and benevolent organization of Roman Catholic men, founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882.
  • know a thing or two — be experienced in sth
  • know one's own mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
  • komandorski islands — a group of islands in the Bering Sea, in NE Russia, E of the Kamchatka Peninsula: U.S.-Japan naval battle, 1943.
  • lakshadweep islands — a group of 26 coral islands and reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: a union territory of India since 1956. Administrative centre: Kavaratti Island. Pop: 60 595 (2001). Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
  • like a dog's dinner — dressed smartly or ostentatiously
  • look (like) oneself — to appear to be in normal health, spirits, etc.
  • market segmentation — the division of a market into identifiable groups, esp to improve the effectiveness of a marketing strategy
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