17-letter words containing s, k, e

management skills — skills regarding the technique, practice, or science of managing a company, business, etc
mark of the beast — the mark put on the forehead of those who worship the beast, the symbol of opposition to God.
market researcher — a person who carries out market research
maximum seek time — (storage) (Or full stroke seek time) The time it takes to seek over all tracks, i.e., from the innermost to the outermost or vice versa. The maximum seek time gives a worst-case measure of the speed of the drive which is useful in some real-time applications where it is important that data flows continuously (such as video editing or CD recording).
microsoft network — The Microsoft Network
minimum seek time — (storage) (Or track-to-track seek time) The time it takes to move the head of a disk drive from one track to the next. The minimum seek time gives a good measure of the speed of the drive in a single-user/single-process environment where successive read/write request are largely correlated and thus if correlated data is stored in nearby cylinders most seeks are from one cylinder to the next.
mistaken identity — when sb is identified as sb else
modest mussorgski — Modest Petrovich [moh-dest pi-troh-vich;; Russian muh-dyest pyi-traw-vyich] /moʊˈdɛst pɪˈtroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian mʌˈdyɛst pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich.
monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
mountain sickness — illness caused by being at high altitude
naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
nervous breakdown — (not in technical use) any disabling mental disorder requiring treatment.
nikita khrushchev — Nikita S(ergeyevich) [ni-kee-tuh sur-gey-uh-vich;; Russian nyi-kyee-tuh syir-gye-yuh-vyich] /nɪˈki tə sɜrˈgeɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪˈkyi tə syɪrˈgyɛ yə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1971, Russian political leader: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1958–64.
nord-ostsee kanal — German name of Kiel Canal.
north lanarkshire — a council area of central Scotland: consists mainly of the NE part of the historical county of Lanarkshire; formerly (1974–96) part of Strathclyde Region: engineering and metalworking industries. Administrative centre: Motherwell. Pop: 321 820 (2003 est). Area: 1771 sq km (684 sq miles)
northern kingfish — a croaker, Menticirrhus saxatilis, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S.
on one's own hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
on someone's back — criticizing or pestering someone
on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
on the pig's back — successful; established
on-street parking — parking (of a car, vehicle, etc) that is or is allowed to be done on a street
one for the books — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
overstep the mark — If someone oversteps the mark, they behave in a way that is considered unacceptable.
parker house roll — a soft dinner roll made by folding a flat disk of dough in half.
particle kinetics — Particle kinetics is the study of the movement of particles and the forces that cause this movement.
parts of kesteven — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
perth and kinross — a council area of N central Scotland, corresponding mainly to the historical counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire: part of Tayside Region from 1975 until 1996: chiefly mountainous, with agriculture, tourism, and forestry. Administrative centre: Perth. Pop: 135 990 (2003 est). Area: 5321 sq km (2019 sq miles)
philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
pick the eyes out — to select the best parts or pieces (of)
pinckney's treaty — an agreement in 1795 between Spain and the U.S. by which Spain recognized the 31st parallel as the southern boundary of the U.S. and permitted free navigation of the Mississippi to American ships.
pink-footed goose — a Eurasian goose, Anser brachyrhynchus, having a reddish-brown head, pink legs, and a pink band on its black beak
pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
porterhouse steak — large cut of beef loin
positive feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
positive thinking — an optimistic attitude
preemptive strike — preventive war.
publicity-seeking — eager to attract publicity
put the kibosh on — nonsense.
quarterback sneak — a play in which the quarterback charges into the middle of the line, usually immediately after receiving the ball from the center.
rack one's brains — to strain in mental effort, esp to remember something or to find the solution to a problem
red-backed shrike — a common Eurasian shrike, Lanius collurio, the male of which has a grey crown and rump, brown wings and back, and a black-and-white face
registered stocks — stocks officially registered to the name of the owner
retention of risk — Retention of risk is the net amount of any risk which an insurance company does not reinsure but keeps for its own account.
rocket propulsion — propulsion of an object by thrust developed by a rocket.
russian turkestan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
rybinsk reservoir — a vast water reservoir in W central Russia on the River Volga and its tributaries Sheksna and Mologa, formed by Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station dam
sacrifice paddock — a grassed area allowed to be grazed completely, to be cultivated and resown later
saint kitts-nevis — a twin-island state in the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies, consisting of the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis: formerly a British colony and member of the West Indies Associated States; gained independence 1983. 104 sq. mi. (269 sq. km). Capital: Basseterre.
sanitation worker — a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage.

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