18-letter words containing o, s, k, e
- a shot in the dark — If you describe something someone says or does as a shot in the dark or a stab in the dark, you mean they are guessing that what they say is correct or that what they do will be successful.
- a slap on the back — congratulation
- aarp probe packets — (networking) AARP packets sent out on a nonextended AppleTalk network to discover whether a randomly selected node ID is being used by any node. If not, the sending node uses the node ID. If so, it chooses a different ID and sends more AARP probe packets.
- at a rate of knots — very fast
- at the risk of sth — If you do something at the risk of something unpleasant happening, you do it even though you know that the unpleasant thing might happen as a result.
- back to square one — If you are back to square one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed.
- beefsteak mushroom — an edible bracket fungus, Fistulina hepatica, that grows on trees and can rot the heartwood of living oaks and chestnuts.
- benchmark position — a public service job used for comparison with a similar position, such as a position in commerce, for wage settlements
- berkeley softworks — (company) The company that wrote Graffiti and a similar scheme for the Commodore 64 (made it very Macintosh-like) and the Commodore 128 (which could multitask).
- black-necked stork — a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
- boston baked beans — haricot beans baked with belly pork and molasses
- break your silence — If someone breaks their silence about something, they talk about something that they have not talked about before or for a long time.
- bring someone luck — If you say that something brings bad luck or brings someone good luck, you believe that it has an influence on whether good or bad things happen to them.
- bring to its knees — If a country or organization is brought to its knees, it is almost completely destroyed by someone or something.
- brothers karamazov — a novel (1880) by Dostoevsky.
- captain james cook — Frederick Albert, 1865–1940, U.S. physician and polar explorer.
- carisbrooke castle — a castle near Newport on the Isle of Wight: Charles I was held prisoner here from 1647 until his execution in 1649
- cathode dark space — Crookes dark space.
- cock-a-leekie soup — a soup made from a fowl boiled with leeks
- compression stroke — The compression stroke is the stroke in an engine in which the air or air/fuel mixture is compressed before ignition.
- cooking facilities — equipment necessary for cooking
- correspondent bank — A correspondent bank is a bank that provides services such as accepting deposits for another bank.
- crookes dark space — the dark space between the cathode glow and the negative glow in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- crookes radiometer — a type of radiometer consisting of an evacuated glass bulb containing a set of lightweight vanes, each blackened on one side. The vanes are mounted on a vertical axis and revolve when light, or other radiant energy, falls on them
- desktop publishing — Desktop publishing is the production of printed materials such as newspapers and magazines using a desktop computer and a laser printer, rather than using conventional printing methods. The abbreviation DTP is also used.
- didaskaleinophobia — The fear of going to school.
- doubly linked list — (programming) A data structure in which each element contains pointers to the next and previous elements in the list, thus forming a bidirectional linear list.
- down on one's luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- eastern meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- feldenkrais method — a system of gentle movements that promote flexibility, coordination, and self-awareness
- first duke of york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- flat on one's back — lying supine
- for heaven's sake! — a mild exclamation of surprise, annoyance, etc.
- frederick douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- get off one's bike — to lose one's self-control
- get one's own back — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- gooseneck barnacle — goose barnacle
- grosse pointe park — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- have on one's back — to be burdened with
- heteroskedasticity — Alternative spelling of heteroscedasticity.
- honeysuckle family — the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
- idylls of the king — a series of poems by Tennyson, based on Arthurian legend.
- isometric joystick — (hardware) Any kind of joystick where the input depends on the force exerted rather than the position of the control, e.g. TrackPoint.
- jack of all trades — a person who is adept at many different kinds of work.
- jack-of-all-trades — a person who is adept at many different kinds of work.
- jacksonville beach — a city in NE Florida.
- japanese artichoke — Chinese artichoke.
- keep one's chin up — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- keep one's hand in — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- keep your shirt on — refrain from losing your temper (often used as an exhortation to another)
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