14-letter words containing o, k, e, h

poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
red chokeberry — See under chokeberry (def 1).
rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
schoolies week — (in Australia) a week when large numbers of school leavers gather together for a holiday away from home after the end of their final exams
schottky noise — shot effect.
scratch monkey — (humour) As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed. This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto. Mabel was not (so the legend goes) your ordinary monkey; the university had spent years teaching her how to swim, breathing through a regulator, in order to study the effects of different gas mixtures on her physiology. Mabel suffered an untimely demise one day when a DEC engineer troubleshooting a crash on the program's VAX inadvertently interfered with some custom hardware that was wired to Mabel. It is reported that, after calming down an understandably irate customer sufficiently to ascertain the facts of the matter, a DEC troubleshooter called up the field circus manager responsible and asked him sweetly, "Can you swim?" Not all the consequences to humans were so amusing; the sysop of the machine in question was nearly thrown in jail at the behest of certain clueless droids at the local "humane" society. The moral is clear: When in doubt, always mount a scratch monkey. A corespondent adds: The details you give are somewhat consistent with the version I recall from the Digital "War Stories" notesfile, but the name "Mabel" and the swimming bit were not mentioned, IIRC. Also, there's a very detailed account that claims that three monkies died in the incident, not just one. I believe Eric Postpischil wrote the original story at DEC, so his coming back with a different version leads me to wonder whether there ever was a real Scratch Monkey incident.
sea of okhotsk — part of the NW Pacific, surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin Island, and the E coast of Siberia. Area: 1 589 840 sq km (613 838 sq miles)
sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
shock absorber — a device for damping sudden and rapid motion, as the recoil of a spring-mounted object from shock.
shooting brake — station wagon.
smoked haddock — haddock that has been cured by treating with smoke
smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
starch blocker — a substance ingested in the belief that it inhibits the body's ability to metabolize starch and thereby promotes weight loss: declared illegal in the U.S. by the FDA.
stick together — be united
stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
stop the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
strike through — cross out
take a shot at — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
take the floor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
telephone book — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
the joe blakes — the DT's
the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
think positive — be optimistic
to change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
to shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.
to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
to think twice — If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
up to the mark — acceptably good
volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
white charlock — a related plant, Raphanus raphanistrum, with yellow, mauve, or white flowers and podlike fruits
write the book — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.

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