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19-letter words containing t, o, k, i, e

  • lord baltimore cake — a yellow layer cake, using only the yolks of eggs and having a fruit-nut filling consisting of pecans, almonds, maraschino cherries, and macaroon crumbs.
  • make the best of it — cope
  • market segmentation — the division of a market into identifiable groups, esp to improve the effectiveness of a marketing strategy
  • micromesh stockings — stockings made from a material consisting of a fine mesh
  • miracle of st. mark — a painting (1548) by Tintoretto.
  • nasty piece of work — malicious person
  • network file system — (networking, operating system)   (NFS) A protocol developed by Sun Microsystems, and defined in RFC 1094, which allows a computer to access files over a network as if they were on its local disks. This protocol has been incorporated in products by more than two hundred companies, and is now a de facto standard. NFS is implemented using a connectionless protocol (UDP) in order to make it stateless. See Nightmare File System, WebNFS.
  • network termination — (NT, NT1) A device connecting the customer's data or telephone equipment to the local ISDN exchange carrier's line. The NT device provides a connection for terminal equipment (TE) and terminal adaptor (TA) equipment to the local loop.
  • new york university — (NYU) Established in 1831, New York University today includes thirteen schools, colleges and divisions located in New York City's borough of Manhattan, as well as research centers and programs in the surrounding suburbs and abroad.
  • niagara-on-the-lake — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the border between Canada and New York.
  • night-scented stock — a plant, Matthiola bicornis, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • no shrinking violet — If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
  • nothing of the kind — not that
  • office-block ballot — a ballot on which the candidates are listed alphabetically, with or without their party designations, in columns under the office for which they were nominated.
  • officer of the deck — a naval duty officer responsible for the operation of the ship in the absence of the captain or the executive officer. Abbreviation: O.O.D.
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • on the baker's list — in good health
  • optical mark reader — (hardware)   (OMR) A special scanning device that can read carefully placed pencil marks on specially designed documents. OMR is frequenty used in forms, questionnaires, and answer-sheets.
  • phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
  • pileated woodpecker — a large, black-and-white American woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, having a prominent red crest.
  • pistol-handle knife — a table knife, especially of the 18th century, having a slightly curved handle resembling the grip of a flintlock pistol.
  • pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
  • portuguese-speaking — being a speaker of Portuguese; having Portuguese as the national language
  • postage and packing — the cost of packing and mailing an item bought by post
  • presentation skills — the set of techniques and skills required successfully to present oral information to others
  • put one's back into — to devote all one's strength to (a task)
  • quick on the uptake — You say that someone is quick on the uptake when they understand things quickly. You say that someone is slow on the uptake when they have difficulty understanding simple or obvious things.
  • saddle-billed stork — a large stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, of West Africa, having a white and black body and a long, red and black bill.
  • secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
  • sell like hot cakes — a pancake or griddlecake.
  • smokestack industry — A smokestack industry is a traditional industry such as heavy engineering or manufacturing, rather than a modern industry such as electronics.
  • smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
  • speaking in tongues — a form of glossolalia in which a person experiencing religious ecstasy utters incomprehensible sounds that the speaker believes are a language spoken through him or her by a deity.
  • stakeholder pension — In Britain, a stakeholder pension is a flexible pension scheme with low charges. Both employees and the state contribute to the scheme, which is optional, and is in addition to the basic state pension.
  • stanislavski method — method (def 5).
  • stick in one's craw — the crop of a bird or insect.
  • stick it to someone — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stick to one's guns — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
  • stick to one's last — a wooden or metal form in the shape of the human foot on which boots or shoes are shaped or repaired.
  • strike a false note — to behave inappropriately
  • strike off the roll — to expel from membership
  • swallow-tailed kite — an American kite, Elanoides forficatus, having black upper parts, white head and underparts, and a long, deeply forked tail.
  • take (the) occasion — to use the opportunity (to do something)
  • take evasive action — If you take evasive action, you deliberately move away from someone or something in order to avoid meeting them or being hit by them.
  • take it for granted — If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.
  • take it on the chin — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
  • take it or leave it — If you say to someone 'take it or leave it', you are telling them that they can accept something or not accept it, but that you are not prepared to discuss any other alternatives.
  • take it to the wire — to compete to the bitter end to win a competition or title
  • take my word for it — If you say to someone 'take my word for it', you mean that they should believe you because you are telling the truth.
  • take one's medicine — any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness; medicament; remedy.
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