19-letter words containing k
- blot one's copybook — to spoil one's reputation by making a mistake, offending against social customs, etc
- boat-tailed grackle — a large grackle, Quiscalus major, of the southeastern U.S., that folds its tail into a shape resembling the keel of a boat.
- booker t washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- born out of wedlock — born when one's parents are not legally married
- bracket abstraction — (compiler) An algorithm which turns a term into a function of some variable. The result of using bracket abstraction on T with respect to variable v, written as [v]T, is a term containing no occurrences of v and denoting a function f such that f v = T. This defines the function f = (\ v . T). Using bracket abstraction and currying we can define a language without bound variables in which the only operation is monadic function application. See combinator.
- brokered convention — a party convention in which many delegates are pledged to favorite sons who use their blocs of votes to bargain with leading candidates who lack a majority of delegate support.
- 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.
- buy a pig in a poke — to buy, get, or agree to something without sight or knowledge of it in advance
- by hook or by crook — If someone says they will do something by hook or by crook, they are determined to do it, even if they have to make a great effort or use dishonest means.
- california live oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus agrifolia, of the western coast of the U.S., having leathery leaves and a short, stout trunk.
- can not take a joke — If you say that someone cannot take a joke, you are criticizing them for getting upset or angry at something you think is funny.
- cape york peninsula — large peninsula in NE Australia, part of Queensland, between the Gulf of Carpentaria & the Coral Sea
- cask of amontillado — a short story (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe.
- champagne corks pop — If you say that champagne corks are popping, you mean that people are celebrating something.
- chandrasekhar limit — the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf, equal to 1.44 solar masses. A star having a mass above this limit will continue to collapse to form a neutron star
- checks and balances — competition and mutual restraint among the various branches of government
- cherenkov radiation — the electromagnetic radiation produced when a charged particle moves through a medium at a greater velocity than the velocity of light in that medium
- chicken-fried steak — a cheap cut of beefsteak that is fried in batter
- 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.
- cloakroom attendant — a person whose job is to check coats and other personal items for visitors to a place
- clockwork precision — regularity
- 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.
- colorado tick fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in the Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, carried by a tick, Dermacentor andersoni, and characterized by fever, sensitivity to light, headache, and leg and back pain.
- come to think of it — You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious.
- compact disk player — a device for playing compact disks.
- concurrentsmalltalk — (language) A concurrent variant of Smalltalk.
- conscience-stricken — feeling anxious or guilty
- construction worker — a person who works in the construction industry, esp one engaged in manual work
- convergent thinking — analytical, usually deductive, thinking in which ideas are examined for their logical validity or in which a set of rules is followed, e.g. in arithmetic
- core protocol stack — (architecture) 1. A portion of the Web Services architecture for defining and describing various Web Services. 2. The architectural protocol layers of a Bluetooth wireless communication system, comprising the Host Control Interface (HCI), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol (L2CAP), RS232 Serial Cable Emulation Profile (RFCOMM), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), and Object Exchange (OBEX).
- 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.
- cracked compression — Cracked compression is a separation process for separating hydrocarbons further, with an increase in the pressure of the cracked gas.
- cracked gas cooling — Cracked gas cooling is a process in which the temperature of a cracked gas is reduced in order to separate it into different product streams.
- cry over spilt milk — to lament something that cannot be altered
- data encryption key — (DEK) Used for the encryption of message text and for the computation of message integrity checks (signatures). See cryptography.
- data link switching — (networking) (DLSw) A standard for transporting IBM Systems Network Architecture (SNA) and network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) traffic over an Internet protocol network. Initially, in 1992, DLSw was proprietary to IBM. It was submitted to the IETF as RFC 1434 in 1993, later updated by RFC 1795.
- davy jones's locker — the bottom of the sea; grave of those drowned at sea or buried there
- devils-on-horseback — a savoury of prunes wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
- differential backup — (operating system) A kind of backup that copies all files that have changed since the last full backup. Each differential backup will include all files in previous differential backups since the full backup so to restore a version of a file, you only need to search the full backup and the relevant differential backup. Some systems support differential backup by associating an "Archive" flag with each file and setting this flag whenever the file is modified to indicate that it should be included in the next backup. A differential backup does not change this flag, whereas an incremental backup resets it.
- displaced homemaker — a woman recently divorced, separated, or widowed after many years as a homemaker.
- 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
- dry-bulk cargo ship — a ship that carries an unpackaged dry cargo such as coal or grain; bulk carrier
- 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