17-letter words containing t, h, e, c, k
- 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.
- ask for the check — If you ask for the check, you ask the waitperson in a restaurant to bring you a piece of paper on which the price of your meal is written.
- 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
- barkhausen effect — the phenomenon of short, sudden changes in the magnetism of a ferromagnetic substance occurring when the intensity of the magnetizing field is continuously altered.
- break the back of — to complete the greatest or hardest part of (a task)
- buttock-clenching — making one tighten the buttocks through extreme fear or embarrassment
- checkable deposit — a checking account
- chicken drumstick — a chicken leg, considered as food
- chicklet keyboard — (spelling) It's spelled "chiclet keyboard".
- chinese artichoke — a hairy plant, Stachys affinis, of China and Japan, having numerous small, white, edible tubers.
- chinese turkestan — the E part of the central Asian region of Turkestan: corresponds generally to the present-day Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China
- christmas cracker — a decorated cardboard tube that emits a bang when pulled apart, releasing a toy, a joke, or a paper hat.
- close the book on — to bring to a definite end
- cock of the woods — pileated woodpecker.
- corner the market — dominate trade
- fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
- go back to the pa — to abandon city life in favour of rural life
- go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
- grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
- grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- hasbrouck heights — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- have a thick skin — to be insensitive (or acutely sensitive) to blame, criticism, insults, etc.
- high muckety-muck — high muck-a-muck
- histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
- horatio kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- houndstooth check — a pattern of broken checks, used in woven material for jackets, shirts, etc.
- housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
- icing on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
- in the background — behind the focus of attention
- jack-in-the-green — (in England, formerly) a man who wore or supported a leaf-covered wooden framework while dancing in May-Day celebrations
- kick in the pants — a reprimand or scolding designed to produce greater effort, enthusiasm, etc, in the person receiving it
- kick in the teeth — If you describe an event as a kick in the teeth, you are emphasizing that it is very disappointing and upsetting.
- kitchen appliance — a machine intended for use in the kitchen, such as a fridge or a food processor
- knock on the head — to daze or kill (a person) by striking on the head
- lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
- market researcher — a person who carries out market research
- neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- 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.
- north little rock — a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- on the pig's back — successful; established
- on the wrong tack — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
- peach bark beetle — a bark beetle, Phloeotribus liminaris, that feeds on and nests in peach and other drupaceous trees.
- pick the eyes out — to select the best parts or pieces (of)
- pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
- priority check-in — Priority check-in at a hotel is an arrangement which allows a guest to check in without waiting in a line.
- quick on the draw — having fast reflexes
- red and the black — a novel (1832) by Stendhal.
- rocket technology — the technology of the design, operation, maintenance, and launching of rockets
- run out the clock — to maintain control of the ball in the closing minutes of a game
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