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17-letter words containing s, t, o, c, k, l

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 nationalism — a movement advocating the establishment of a separate black nation within the U.S.
  • black swallowtail — the tail of a swallow or a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow.
  • black swallowwort — celandine (def 1).
  • black-box testing — functional testing
  • blackout curtains — thick, lined curtains designed to shut out all daylight and keep a room in complete darkness
  • block association — an association for the residents of a particular block in a neighbourhood to discuss and act on matters of common concern
  • checkable deposit — a checking account
  • clicks and mortar — making use of traditional trading methods in conjunction with internet trading
  • clicks-and-mortar — pertaining to or denoting a company that does business on the Internet and in traditional stores or offices.
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • cocktail waitress — a woman who serves in a bar or cocktail lounge
  • common storksbill — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, having pink or reddish-purple flowers and fruits with a beaklike process
  • elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
  • 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.
  • go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
  • histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
  • kensington palace — a royal residence in Kensington Gardens, in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea; dating from the 17th century, it was improved and extended by Sir Cristopher Wren
  • knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
  • kvatro telecom as — (company)   The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
  • kyoto common lisp — (language)   (KCL) An implementation of Common Lisp by T. Yuasa <[email protected]> and M. Hagiya <[email protected]>, written in C to run under Unix-like operating systems. KCL is compiled to ANSI C. It conforms to Common Lisp as described in Guy Steele's book and is available under a licence agreement. E-mail: <[email protected]> (bug reports). Mailing list: [email protected], [email protected]
  • lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
  • linking consonant — a consonant inserted between two vowels in speech
  • planck's constant — the fundamental constant of quantum mechanics, expressing the ratio of the energy of one quantum of radiation to the frequency of the radiation and approximately equal to 6.624 × 10− 27 erg-seconds. Symbol: h.
  • pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
  • rocket propulsion — propulsion of an object by thrust developed by a rocket.
  • shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
  • single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
  • smokeless tobacco — snuff1 (def 9).
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • social notworking — the practice of spending time unproductively on social networking websites, esp when one should be working
  • soft-rock geology — geology dealing with sedimentary rocks.
  • stonewall jacksonAndrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
  • take second place — If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.
  • the plot thickens — People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
  • to lick your lips — If you lick your lips, you move your tongue across your lips as you think about or taste something pleasant.
  • to make sth clear — If you make something clear, you say something in a way that makes it impossible for there to be any doubt about your meaning, wishes, or intentions.
  • to push your luck — If you say that someone is pushing their luck, you think they are taking a bigger risk than is sensible, and may get into trouble.
  • trackless trolley — trolley bus.
  • trucial sheikdoms — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
  • unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union

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