17-letter words containing t, a, k, e, o
- 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.
- protection racket — a criminal activity in which money gangsters extort money from victims in exchange for freedom from molestation
- put on the market — offer for sale
- quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
- radial keratotomy — a surgical technique for correcting nearsightedness by making a series of spokelike incisions in the cornea to change its shape and focusing properties.
- sanitation worker — a person employed to collect, haul away, and dispose of garbage.
- selkirk mountains — a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Sandford, 3533 m (11 590 ft)
- shake one's booty — to dance
- 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
- skate on thin ice — to place oneself in a dangerous or delicate situation
- 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.
- south lanarkshire — a council area of S Scotland, comprising the S part of the historical county of Lanarkshire: included within Strathclyde Region from 1975 to 1996: has uplands in the S and part of the Glasgow conurbation in the N: mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Hamilton. Pop: 303 010 (2003 est). Area: 1771 sq km (684 sq miles)
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- stock certificate — a certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stock in a corporation.
- stonewall jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
- sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
- take advantage of — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
- take exception to — object to sth
- take in good part — to respond to (teasing) with good humour
- take into account — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- take into custody — to arrest
- take no notice of — pay no attention to, disregard
- take no prisoners — to be uncompromising and resolute in one's actions
- 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.
- take some beating — to be difficult to improve upon
- take sth by storm — If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful.
- take sth on trust — If you take something on trust after having heard or read it, you believe it completely without checking it.
- take sth to heart — If you take something to heart, for example someone's behaviour, you are deeply affected and upset by it.
- take the edge off — If something takes the edge off a situation, usually an unpleasant one, it weakens its effect or intensity.
- take the place of — replace, be a substitute for
- take to one's bed — to remain in bed, esp because of illness
- take to the floor — If you take to the floor, you start dancing at a dance or disco.
- take upon oneself — to take the responsibility for; accept as a charge
- take years off sb — If you say that something such as an experience or a way of dressing has taken years off someone, you mean that it has made them look or feel much younger.
- take-no-prisoners — wholeheartedly aggressive; zealous; gung-ho: a businessman with a take-no-prisoners attitude toward dealmaking.
- telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
- the bag of tricks — every device; everything
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- the rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- throw the book at — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- to be taken aback — If you are taken aback by something, you are surprised or shocked by it and you cannot respond at once.
- to beat the clock — If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended.
- to break the bank — If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
- to keep the peace — If someone in authority, such as the army or the police, keeps the peace, they make sure that people behave and do not fight or quarrel with each other.
- to keep your head — If you keep your head, you remain calm in a difficult situation. If you lose your head, you panic or do not remain calm in a difficult situation.
- to make ends meet — If you find it difficult to make ends meet, you can only just manage financially because you hardly have enough money for the things you need.
- to make good time — If you say that you made good time on a journey, you mean it did not take you very long compared to the length of time you expected it to take.
- 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.