17-letter words containing t, a, k, e
- jack-in-the-green — (in England, formerly) a man who wore or supported a leaf-covered wooden framework while dancing in May-Day celebrations
- japanese knotweed — Mexican bamboo.
- jerusalem cricket — a large, nocturnal, wingless, long-horned grasshopper, Stenopelmatus fuscus, occuring chiefly in loose soil and sand along the Pacific coast of the U.S.
- kansas city steak — strip steak.
- kansas city style — a style of jazz developed in Kansas City, Mo., in the early 1930s, marked by a strong blues influence, the use of riffs as a characteristic formal device, and a less pronounced beat than that of the New Orleans or Chicago style of jazz.
- karitane hospital — a hospital for young babies and their mothers
- keep mum/stay mum — If you keep mum or stay mum about something, you do not tell anyone about it.
- kendal sneck bent — a fishhook having a wide, squarish bend.
- kennesaw mountain — a mountain in N Georgia, near Atlanta: battle 1864. 1809 feet (551 meters).
- 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
- kick in the pants — a reprimand or scolding designed to produce greater effort, enthusiasm, etc, in the person receiving it
- kidney transplant — surgery to replace a kidney
- kinetic potential — the kinetic energy minus the potential energy in a system obeying the principle of conservation of energy. Symbol: L.
- kitchen appliance — a machine intended for use in the kitchen, such as a fridge or a food processor
- klerer-may system — Early system from Columbia University with special mathematics symbols. Its reference manual was two pages long!
- knock on the head — to daze or kill (a person) by striking on the head
- kvatro telecom as — (company) The company that maintains Mary. Address: Trondheim, Norway.
- lake of the woods — Eldrick [el-drik] /ˈɛl drɪk/ (Show IPA), ("Tiger") born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.
- lan kanal adapter — (networking) (LKA) A sort of external LAN interface for a BS200 computer.
- little black book — an address book, esp. one kept by a man, with the names of women companions considered available for dating
- make conversation — If you make conversation, you talk to someone in order to be polite and not because you really want to.
- make hay (out) of — to turn (something) to one's advantage
- make inroads into — to start to use up the supply of something
- make light of sth — If you make light of something, you treat it as though it is not serious or important, when in fact it is.
- make mincemeat of — a mixture composed of minced apples, suet, and sometimes meat, together with raisins, currants, candied citron, etc., for filling a pie.
- make noises about — to give indications of one's intentions
- make reference to — mention, allude to
- make sense of sth — When you make sense of something, you succeed in understanding it.
- make something of — to find a use for
- make the dust fly — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- make the worst of — to be pessimistic about
- 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
- marketing manager — a person who is in charge of a marketing department or campaign
- 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).
- mistaken identity — when sb is identified as sb else
- money-market fund — a mutual fund that invests in the money market.
- monkey bread tree — a bombacaceous tree, Adansonia digitata, native to Africa, that has a very thick trunk, large white flowers, and a gourdlike fruit with an edible pulp called monkey bread
- mountain sickness — illness caused by being at high altitude
- naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
- negative 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.
- network marketing — a marketing strategy in which sales representatives of a company recruit other salespeople and earn commissions on their own sales and on the sales made by their team: Use your personal relationships to be successful in network marketing.
- 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)
- on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- on the pig's back — successful; established
- on the wrong tack — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- on-street parking — parking (of a car, vehicle, etc) that is or is allowed to be done on a street