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19-letter words containing u, s, k

  • all-risks insurance — insurance that covers all risks to property except any types that are specifically excluded or limited in the policy
  • ask for a signature — If you ask for a signature, you ask someone to write their name, in their own characteristic way, on a document.
  • backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
  • bang for one's buck — value for money
  • be up to one's neck — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
  • black forest gateau — a chocolate sponge cake containing morello cherries and whipped cream, with a topping of chocolate icing
  • bloodstock industry — the breeding and training of racehorses
  • bug tracking system — (programming)   (BTS) A system for receiving and filing bugs reported against a software project, and tracking those bugs until they are fixed. Most major software projects have their own BTS, the source code of which is often available for use by other projects. Well known BTSs include GNATS, Bugzilla, and Debbugs.
  • cape york peninsula — large peninsula in NE Australia, part of Queensland, between the Gulf of Carpentaria & the Coral Sea
  • chinese liver fluke — a parasitic Asian flatworm, Clonorchis sinensis, that infects the gastrointestinal tract and bile duct following ingestion of contaminated raw or insufficiently cooked freshwater fish.
  • cock and bull story — an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.
  • cock-and-bull story — If you describe something that someone tells you as a cock-and-bull story, you mean that you do not believe it is true.
  • concurrentsmalltalk — (language)   A concurrent variant of Smalltalk.
  • construction worker — a person who works in the construction industry, esp one engaged in manual work
  • count oneself lucky — If you say that someone can count themselves lucky, you mean that the situation they are in or the thing that has happened to them is better than it might have been or than they might have expected.
  • double-density disk — a disk with more than the normal capacity for storage
  • dry-bulk cargo ship — a ship that carries an unpackaged dry cargo such as coal or grain; bulk carrier
  • flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
  • grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
  • 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.
  • hop, skip, and jump — a short distance
  • hound's-tooth check — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
  • jamaica honeysuckle — a climbing vine, Passiflora laurifolia, of tropical America, having red-spotted white flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide, with a white and violet-colored crown, and edible yellow fruit.
  • jerusalem artichoke — Also called girasol. a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks.
  • keep sb in suspense — If you keep or leave someone in suspense, you deliberately delay telling them something that they are very eager to know about.
  • keep up appearances — If you keep up appearances, you try to behave and dress in a way that people expect of you, even if you can no longer afford it.
  • keyboard instrument — any musical instrument that is played using a keyboard
  • kick up one's heels — the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
  • knights of columbus — an international fraternal and benevolent organization of Roman Catholic men, founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882.
  • look sb up and down — If someone looks you up and down, they direct their eyes from your head to your feet, in a rude and superior way and often as though they disapprove of you.
  • lumholtz's kangaroo — boongary.
  • make no bones about — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
  • mouse-ear chickweed — any of various similar and related plants of the genus Cerastium
  • mutual savings bank — a noncapitalized savings bank that distributes its net earnings to depositors.
  • 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.
  • northern hog sucker — black sucker.
  • olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
  • ousterhout, john k. — John Ousterhout
  • parachute spinnaker — a very large spinnaker used on a racing yacht.
  • phakoemulsification — the removal of a cataract by first liquefying the affected lens with ultrasonic vibrations and then extracting it by suction.
  • portuguese-speaking — being a speaker of Portuguese; having Portuguese as the national language
  • prick up one's ears — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
  • pull one's socks up — to make a determined effort, esp in order to regain control of a situation
  • put one's back into — to devote all one's strength to (a task)
  • put one's skates on — ice skate (def 1).
  • put the skids under — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
  • quick-change artist — a person adept at changing from one thing to another, as an entertainer who changes costumes quickly during a performance.
  • rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
  • red-shouldered hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.

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