19-letter words containing o, a, t, c, k, e
- office-block ballot — a ballot on which the candidates are listed alphabetically, with or without their party designations, in columns under the office for which they were nominated.
- okeechobee waterway — a waterway in S Florida from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. 155 miles (244 km) long.
- olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
- optical mark reader — (hardware) (OMR) A special scanning device that can read carefully placed pencil marks on specially designed documents. OMR is frequenty used in forms, questionnaires, and answer-sheets.
- phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
- pileated woodpecker — a large, black-and-white American woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, having a prominent red crest.
- pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
- postage and packing — the cost of packing and mailing an item bought by post
- put one's back into — to devote all one's strength to (a task)
- quick on the uptake — You say that someone is quick on the uptake when they understand things quickly. You say that someone is slow on the uptake when they have difficulty understanding simple or obvious things.
- rake over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
- sackcloth and ashes — a public display of extreme grief, remorse, or repentance
- secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
- sell like hot cakes — a pancake or griddlecake.
- smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
- smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
- stick in one's craw — the crop of a bird or insect.
- stick to one's last — a wooden or metal form in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
- take (the) occasion — to use the opportunity (to do something)
- take care of sth/sb — If you take care of someone or something, you look after them and prevent them from being harmed or damaged.
- take care to do sth — If you take care to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- take evasive action — If you take evasive action, you deliberately move away from someone or something in order to avoid meeting them or being hit by them.
- take it on the chin — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
- take one's medicine — any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
- 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.
- ticket-of-leave man — (formerly in Britain) a convict who had a permit to leave prison, after serving only part of his sentence, with certain restrictions placed on him
- to click into place — If you have been trying to understand something puzzling and then everything falls into place or clicks into place, you suddenly understand how different pieces of information are connected and everything becomes clearer.
- to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
- to make a fast buck — When someone makes a fast buck or makes a quick buck, they earn a lot of money quickly and easily, often by doing something which is considered to be dishonest.
- to make eye contact — If you make eye contact with someone, you look at them at the same time as they look at you, so that you are both aware that you are looking at each other. If you avoid eye contact with someone, you deliberately do not look straight at them because you feel awkward or embarrassed.
- to stick out a mile — If you say that something or someone sticks out a mile or stands out a mile, you are emphasizing that they are very obvious and easy to recognize.
- to take a back seat — If you take a back seat, you allow other people to have all the power and to make all the decisions.
- to take the biscuit — If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the biscuit or that what they have done takes the biscuit, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour.
- trickle bed reactor — A trickle bed reactor is a reactor in which gravity makes a gas and a liquid flow through a bed of catalyst.
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- tussock caterpillar — the larva of a tussock moth.
- what makes one tick — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- white-collar worker — office employee, clerical worker
- within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets