16-letter words containing o, s, k, e
- for pete's sake! — an expression of frustration, exasperation or annoyance
- gilt-edged stock — government stock on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date
- golden handshake — a special incentive, as generous severance pay, given to an older employee as an inducement to elect early retirement.
- good housekeeper — a person who is an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
- government stock — stock issued by the UK or another national government
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
- hard-packed snow — snow which becomes very firmly packed as it becomes refrozen due to cold weather conditions rather than melting
- have sb to thank — If you say that you have someone to thank for something, you mean that you are grateful to them because they caused it to happen.
- hookworm disease — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
- horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
- hostile takeover — a takeover that is not approved by the management of the corporation being acquired or that is accomplished through the secret purchase of stock.
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- housemaid's knee — inflammation of the bursa over the front of the kneecap.
- in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
- induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.
- information desk — helpdesk, information point
- insurance broker — person who sells insurance policies
- kamerlingh onnes — Heike [hahy-kuh] /ˈhaɪ kə/ (Show IPA), 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.
- kamerlingh-onnes — Heike (ˈhaɪkə). 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: a pioneer of the physics of low-temperature materials and discoverer (1911) of superconductivity. Nobel prize for physics 1913
- kangaroo closure — a form of closure in which the chair or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others
- keep on a string — to have control or a hold over (someone), esp emotionally
- keep one's place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- kekule's formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- kepler telescope — astronomical telescope.
- keratoacanthomas — Plural form of keratoacanthoma.
- key note speaker — a person who delivers a keynote address.
- keynote software — A company which offers software-based business contact directories for people who develop, manufacture, market, or distribute software or multimedia products. E-mail: <[email protected]> (Subject: SEND INDEX).
- kick one's heels — If you are kicking your heels, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
- kirribilli house — the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister
- kleptoparasitism — The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc. from animals of the same or another species.
- knapsack problem — the problem of determining which numbers from a given collection of numbers have been added together to yield a specific sum: used in cryptography to encipher (and sometimes decipher) messages.
- know one's place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- know one's stuff — If you say that someone knows their stuff, you mean that they are good at doing something because they know a lot about it.
- kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- lick one's chops — Usually, chops. the jaw.
- lighthouse clock — an American mantel clock of the early 19th century, having the dial and works exposed beneath a glass dome on a tapered, cylindrical body.
- lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
- long-nosed skate — a fish; Raja oxyrinchus
- make a go of sth — If you say that someone is making a go of something such as a business or relationship, you mean that they are having some success with it.
- make an issue of — If you make an issue of something, you try to make other people think about it or discuss it, because you are concerned or annoyed about it.
- make the best of — do what you can
- make the most of — in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
- man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
- measured daywork — a system of wage payment, usually determined by work-study techniques, whereby the wage of an employee is fixed on the understanding that a specific level of work performance will be maintained