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17-letter words containing o, s, k, e

  • acoustic feedback — a type of feedback that is created when there is a sound loop linking an audio input and an audio output, such that a high-pitched squealing sound is produced
  • actinic keratosis — a precancerous skin condition, characterized by rough red, scaly patches; it is caused by cumulative exposure to the sun and is most common in fair-skinned people
  • against the clock — If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
  • anzhero-sudzhensk — a city in the S Russian Federation in Central Asia.
  • april fool's joke — (humour, event)   (AFJ) Elaborate April Fool's hoaxes are a long-established tradition on Usenet and Internet; see kremvax for an example. In fact, April Fool's Day is the *only* seasonal holiday marked by customary observances on the hacker networks.
  • ask for the check — If you ask for the check, you ask the waitperson in a restaurant to bring you a piece of paper on which the price of your meal is written.
  • at one's own risk — If you tell someone that they are doing something at their own risk, you are warning them that, if they are harmed, it will be their own responsibility.
  • attention-seeking — intended to make people take notice
  • back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
  • balance the books — do accounting
  • be on tenterhooks — If you are on tenterhooks, you are very nervous and excited because you are wondering what is going to happen in a particular situation.
  • beefsteak begonia — an ornamental plant, Begonia erythrophylla, having light-pink flowers and nearly round, thick, fleshy leaves that are red on the underside.
  • behind one's back — without one's knowledge; secretly or deceitfully
  • black forest cake — a torte consisting typically of thin layers of chocolate cake spread with alternating layers of chocolate, cherry, and whipped-cream filling and covered with whipped cream
  • black-box testing — functional testing
  • blank endorsement — an endorsement on a bill of exchange, cheque, etc, naming no payee and thus making the endorsed sum payable to the bearer
  • blue sky software — eHelp Corporation
  • bore-stroke ratio — The bore-stroke ratio is the ratio of bore to stroke. A ratio of 1:1 is referred to informally as square.
  • break one's heart — to grieve or cause to grieve very deeply, esp through love
  • breakdown service — a service that provides assistance to motorists who break down
  • by the same token — You use by the same token to introduce a statement that you think is true for the same reasons that were given for a previous statement.
  • cardinal grosbeak — any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage
  • cardiogenic shock — a type of shock caused by decreased cardiac output despite adequate blood volume, owing to a disease of the heart itself, as myocardial infarction, or any other factor that interferes with the filling or emptying of the heart.
  • caribou codeworks — (company)   The company which sells QTRADER. Director of Marketing: Norm Larsen <[email protected]>.
  • checkable deposit — a checking account
  • chinese artichoke — a hairy plant, Stachys affinis, of China and Japan, having numerous small, white, edible tubers.
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • cock of the woods — pileated woodpecker.
  • cocktail waitress — a woman who serves in a bar or cocktail lounge
  • commodity markets — stock markets in which commodities are traded
  • coral honeysuckle — trumpet honeysuckle.
  • counterparty risk — the risk that a person who is a party to a contract will default on their obligations under that contract
  • cover your tracks — If someone covers their tracks, they hide or destroy evidence of their identity or their actions, because they want to keep them secret.
  • crossover network — an electronic network in a loudspeaker system that separates the signal into two or more frequency bands, the lower frequencies being fed to a woofer, the higher frequencies to a tweeter
  • customs brokerage — the work of a customs broker
  • desktop publisher — desktop publishing
  • devil's food cake — a rich chocolate cake
  • elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
  • feel like oneself — to perceive or examine by touch.
  • fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
  • floppy disk drive — disk drive
  • for heaven's sake — expressing frustration
  • four-stroke cycle — A four-stroke cycle is the cycle of engine operation which requires four strokes of the piston: for induction, compression, ignition, and exhaust.
  • frankenstein food — any foodstuff that has been genetically modified
  • garboard (strake) — the strake adjoining the keel
  • get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
  • goldbeater's skin — the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
  • golden hand-shake — a special incentive, as generous severance pay, given to an older employee as an inducement to elect early retirement.
  • hasbrouck heights — a borough in NE New Jersey.

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