19-letter words containing o, f, k, e
- pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
- risk excess of loss — Risk excess of loss is a type of reinsurance that is given to an insurer to protect against a single loss or risk incurred at a specified amount.
- san francisco peaks — a mountain mass in N Arizona: highest point in the state, Humphrey's Peak, 12,611 feet (3845 meters).
- strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
- strike off the roll — to expel from membership
- 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 it for granted — If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.
- take my word for it — If you say to someone 'take my word for it', you mean that they should believe you because you are telling the truth.
- 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 mind off — to stop one from thinking about; turn one's attention from
- the likes of sb/sth — You can talk about the likes of someone or something to refer to people or things of a particular type.
- 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 fit like a glove — If you say that something fits like a glove, you are emphasizing that it fits exactly.
- to keep to yourself — If you keep to yourself, you stay on your own most of the time and do not mix socially with other people.
- 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.
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- vacuum coffee maker — a coffee pot with upper and lower glass units, the upper for ground coffee and the lower for water that, when boiled, rises through the filter-stoppered bottom of the upper unit and remains there until drawn back down to the lower unit as brewed coffee by a reduction in pressure caused by the removal of heat.
- valley of the kings — a valley on the west bank of the Nile near the site of Thebes: the necropolis of many of the kings and queens of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt, c1350–c1200 b.c.
- yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters