19-letter words containing t, e, k
- don't make me laugh — Some people reply to other people's comments or opinions by saying 'Don't make me laugh' when they disagree with them and think they are foolish or inaccurate.
- double-density disk — a disk with more than the normal capacity for storage
- drink the health of — to salute or celebrate with a toast
- earthquake coverage — Earthquake coverage is insurance coverage for damage caused by earthquakes.
- earthquake engineer — a civil engineer who studies the effects of seismic activity on structures and consults on earthquake-resistant design and construction.
- eastern coral snake — any of numerous venomous elapid snakes, found chiefly in the New World tropics, as Micrurus fulvius (eastern coral snake) of the southeastern U.S., often brilliantly marked with bands of red, yellow, and black.
- electro-shock baton — a baton used as a weapon to pass an electric current through part of the body
- electronic keyboard — a typewriter keyboard used to operate an electronic device such as a computer, word processor, etc
- emotional blackmail — a way of persuading someone to do something they do not want to do by making them feel guilty about it
- family-sized packet — a large packet
- flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
- for the sake of sth — If you do something for the sake of something, you do it for that purpose or in order to achieve that result. You can also say that you do it for something's sake.
- framework agreement — an agreement that sets the limits and scope for further negotiation, discussion, etc
- frederick the great — Frederick I (def 2).
- free-market economy — an economy based on the free market system
- gedanken experiment — thought experiment.
- get one's rocks off — to experience orgasm; ejaculate
- get one's skates on — to hurry
- go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
- grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
- grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- gray-cheeked thrush — a North American thrush, Catharus minimus, having olive upper parts and grayish cheeks.
- greenstick fracture — an incomplete fracture of a long bone, in which one side is broken and the other side is still intact.
- have a bone to pick — to have grounds for a quarrel
- have the makings of — show potential as
- hound's-tooth check — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
- identification mark — barcode or serial number
- if i'm not mistaken — You use expressions such as if I'm not mistaken and unless I'm very much mistaken as a polite way of emphasizing the statement you are making, especially when you are confident that it is correct.
- in someone's pocket — If you say that someone is in someone else's pocket, you disapprove of the fact that the first person is willing to do whatever the second person tells them, for example out of weakness or in return for money.
- in the nick of time — a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
- index-tracking fund — an investment fund that is administered so that its value changes in line with a given share index
- intervertebral disk — the plate of fibrocartilage between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae.
- isokinetic exercise — exercise or a program of exercises to increase muscular strength, power, and endurance based on lifting, pulling, or pushing variable weight or resistance at a constant speed.
- jerusalem artichoke — Also called girasol. a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks.
- jockey for position — If someone is jockeying for position, they are using whatever methods they can in order to get into a better position than their rivals.
- kansas-nebraska act — the act of Congress in 1854 annulling the Missouri Compromise, providing for the organization of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and permitting these territories self-determination on the question of slavery.
- keep an eye out for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- keep one's distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- keep one's shirt on — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- kellogg-briand pact — a treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes, originally signed in 1928 by 15 nations, later joined by 49 others.
- keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
- kill sth stone-dead — If you kill something such as an idea or emotion stone-dead, you completely destroy it.
- kilobits per second — (unit) (kbps, kb/s) A unit of data rate where 1 kb/s = 1000 bits per second. This contrasts with units of storage where 1 Kb = 1024 bits (note upper case K).
- kinematic viscosity — the coefficient of viscosity of a fluid divided by the density, usually measured in stokes.
- knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- knock the socks off — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knock them/'em dead — To knock them dead means to impress people a great deal, especially with your appearance.
- knock-out agreement — an agreement between bidders at an auction or sale not to bid against each other
- know better than to — not to be so stupid as to
- lady baltimore cake — a white layer cake using only the beaten whites of eggs and spread with a fruitnut filling consisting of raisins, figs, walnuts or pecans, and sometimes candied cherries.