17-letter words containing a, l, k, y, e, n
- artificial kidney — a mechanical apparatus for performing haemodialysis
- bouncebackability — the ability to recover after a setback, esp in sport
- chadless keypunch — (hardware) A card punch which cut little U-shapes in punched cards, rather than punching out a circle or rectangle. The U's made a hole when folded back. One of the Jargon File's correspondents believed that the term "chad" derived from the Chadless keypunch. Obviously, if the Chadless keypunch didn't make them, then the stuff that other keypunches made had to be "chad". The assertion that the keypunch was named after its inventor is not supported by any record in US or UK patents or surname references.
- coral honeysuckle — trumpet honeysuckle.
- game as ned kelly — extremely brave; indomitable
- kansas city style — a style of jazz developed in Kansas City, Mo., in the early 1930s, marked by a strong blues influence, the use of riffs as a characteristic formal device, and a less pronounced beat than that of the New Orleans or Chicago style of jazz.
- keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
- kidney transplant — surgery to replace a kidney
- know only by name — to be familiar with the name of but not know personally
- monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
- naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
- split keyboarding — the act or practice of editing data from one terminal on another terminal
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
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