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19-letter words containing t, r, a, c, k

  • jerusalem artichoke — Also called girasol. a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • knock-down-drag-out — marked by unrelenting violence: a knock-down-drag-out fight.
  • knock-out agreement — an agreement between bidders at an auction or sale not to bid against each other
  • 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.
  • left-luggage locker — a coin-operated locker in which luggage can be left
  • like a cheshire cat — If someone is grinning like a Cheshire cat or like the Cheshire cat, they are smiling very widely.
  • 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.
  • miracle of st. mark — a painting (1548) by Tintoretto.
  • nasty piece of work — malicious person
  • natural killer cell — a small killer cell that destroys virus-infected cells or tumor cells without activation by an immune system cell or antibody.
  • not worth a cracker — worthless; useless
  • okeechobee waterway — a waterway in S Florida from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. 155 miles (244 km) long.
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • 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.
  • parachute spinnaker — a very large spinnaker used on a racing yacht.
  • particle kinematics — Particle kinematics is the study of the movement of particles, without considering the forces that cause this movement.
  • pileated woodpecker — a large, black-and-white American woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, having a prominent red crest.
  • pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
  • port jackson willow — an Australian acacia tree, Acacia cyanophylla, introduced in the 19th century into South Africa, where it is now regarded as a pest
  • puncture repair kit — set of tools for patching a bicycle tyre
  • quick-change artist — a person adept at changing from one thing to another, as an entertainer who changes costumes quickly during a performance.
  • rake over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
  • rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
  • rickettsial disease — any of several acute infectious diseases caused by ticks, mites, or body lice infected with rickettsiae. The main types include typhus, spotted fever, Q fever, trench fever, and tsutsugamushi disease
  • rocky mountain goat — a long-haired, white, antelopelike wild goat, Oreamnos americanus, of mountainous regions of western North America, having short, black horns.
  • saint patrick's day — March 17, observed by the Irish in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
  • secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
  • short-stay car park — a car park where a car can be left for a relatively short time
  • 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
  • stick in one's craw — the crop of a bird or insect.
  • sweetheart neckline — a neckline on a woman's garment, as a dress, with a high back and a low-cut front with two curved edges resembling the conventionalized shape of a heart.
  • take care of sth/sb — If you take care of someone or something, you look after them and prevent them from being harmed or damaged.
  • take care to do sth — If you take care to do something, you make sure that you do it.
  • take one's cue from — If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
  • tanizaki jun-ichiro — 1886–1965, Japanese novelist, whose works, such as Some Prefer Nettles (1929) and The Makioka Sisters (1943–48), reflect the tension between Western values and Japanese traditions
  • the mathworks, inc. — (company)   The company marketing MATLAB. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2098 USA. Telephone: +1 (508) 647-7000. Fax: +1 (508) 647-7101.
  • the pickwick papers — a novel written by the English novelist Charles Dickens(1812--70)
  • to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
  • to rack your brains — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
  • trickle bed reactor — A trickle bed reactor is a reactor in which gravity makes a gas and a liquid flow through a bed of catalyst.
  • tricks of the trade — expert techniques
  • tussock caterpillar — the larva of a tussock moth.
  • white-collar worker — office employee, clerical worker
  • within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
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