17-letter words containing kn
- altitude sickness — a condition affecting some persons at high altitudes, caused by insufficient oxygen in the blood and characterized by dizziness, nausea, and shortness of breath.
- figure-eight knot — a kind of knot
- general knowledge — commonly known facts
- heart of darkness — a short novel (1902) by Joseph Conrad.
- japanese knotweed — Mexican bamboo.
- knock on the head — to daze or kill (a person) by striking on the head
- knock oneself out — to make great efforts; exhaust oneself
- knocking-off time — the time when you finish work
- know one's onions — a plant, Allium cepa, of the amaryllis family, having an edible, succulent, pungent bulb.
- know only by name — to be familiar with the name of but not know personally
- know when to stop — If you say that someone does not know when to stop, you mean that they do not control their own behaviour very well and so they often annoy or upset other people.
- knowledge economy — an economy in which information services are dominant as an area of growth
- knowledgeableness — The state, quality, or measure of being knowledgeable; wisdom.
- mountain sickness — illness caused by being at high altitude
- pinckney's treaty — an agreement in 1795 between Spain and the U.S. by which Spain recognized the 31st parallel as the southern boundary of the U.S. and permitted free navigation of the Mississippi to American ships.
- reading knowledge — the ability to read a language, but not speak it
- self-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- sleeping sickness — Also called African sleeping sickness, African trypanosomiasis. a generally fatal disease, common in parts of Africa, characterized by fever, wasting, and progressive lethargy: caused by a parasitic protozoan, Trypanosoma gambiense or T. rhodesiense, that is carried by a tsetse fly, Glossina palpalis.
- sweating sickness — a febrile epidemic disease that appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries: characterized by profuse sweating and frequently fatal in a few hours.
- to get to know sb — If you get to know someone, you find out what they are like by spending time with them.
- to knit your brow — If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried.
- to know full well — If you say that a person knows full well that something is true, especially something unpleasant, you are emphasizing that they are definitely aware of it, although they may behave as if they are not.
- to know no bounds — If you say that a feeling or quality knows no bounds, you are emphasizing that it is very strong or intense.
- to know the ropes — If you know the ropes, you know how a particular job or task should be done.
- tone control knob — a round switch on a radio, record player, etc that is turned to alter the tone control
- tree of knowledge — the tree whose fruit Adam and Eve tasted in disobedience of God: Gen. 2, 3
- water on the knee — an accumulation of fluid in the knee cavity caused by inflammation and trauma to the cartilages or membranes of the knee joint.
- well-acknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
- what does sb know — You can use expressions such as What does she know? and What do they know? when you think that someone has no right to comment on a situation because they do not understand it.
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