18-letter words containing n, a, k, e
- a leap in the dark — an action performed without knowledge of the consequences
- a shot in the dark — If you describe something someone says or does as a shot in the dark or a stab in the dark, you mean they are guessing that what they say is correct or that what they do will be successful.
- a slap on the back — congratulation
- abd-er-rahman khan — 1830?–1901, amir of Afghanistan 1880–1901.
- after-dinner drink — a drink such as port and brandy taken after dinner
- alkali metaprotein — a metaprotein derived by means of a hydrolytic alkali.
- all the king's men — a novel (1946) by Robert Penn Warren.
- american brooklime — any of various speedwells found along brooks, in marshes, etc., as Veronica americana (American brooklime) a creeping plant having leafy stems and loose clusters of small blue flowers.
- american cockroach — a large, reddish-brown cockroach, Periplaneta americana, found originally in the southern U.S. but now widely distributed.
- applied kinematics — kinematics (def 2).
- at a rate of knots — very fast
- autokinetic effect — apparent motion of a single point of light or a small object when presented on a dark field and observed continuously.
- ayatollah khomeini — Ayatollah Ruhollah [roo-hoh-luh;; Persian roo-haw-lah] /ruˈhoʊ lə;; Persian ˌru hɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1900?–89, Islamic leader of Iran 1979–89.
- back end generator — (tool) (BEG) A code generator developed by H. Emmelmann et al at GMD, University Karlsruhe, Germany. Its input language is Back End Generator Language (BEGL).
- back in the saddle — at work again
- back to square one — If you are back to square one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed.
- back/down to earth — If you come down to earth or back to earth, you have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement.
- background reading — reading of related works in order to get contextual information on a topic that you are intending to study or write about
- banded rattlesnake — timber rattlesnake.
- banker's reference — a confidential statement about the financial status of a customer, provided by one bank to another, or to an authorized enquirer
- bankers-acceptance — a draft or bill of exchange that a bank has accepted. Abbreviation: BA. Also called banker's acceptance. Compare acceptance (def 6).
- basket-handle arch — an arch having a symmetrical form drawn from an odd number of radii in excess of one, which increase in length from the springing toward the center.
- benchmark position — a public service job used for comparison with a similar position, such as a position in commerce, for wage settlements
- bend over backward — to try to an unusual degree (to please, pacify, etc.)
- black nickel oxide — a gray-black, water-insoluble powder, Ni 2 O 3 , which, at 600°C, decomposes to nickel oxide: used chiefly in storage batteries as an oxidizing agent.
- black-necked grebe — a small grebe, Podiceps nigricollis, found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America
- black-necked stork — a large Australian stork, Xenorhyncus asiaticus, having a white plumage, dark green back and tail, and red legs
- blackback flounder — any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder)
- blackwater rafting — the sport of riding through underground caves on a large rubber tube
- boston baked beans — haricot beans baked with belly pork and molasses
- break the internet — to cause a large number of people to attempt to access the internet
- break your silence — If someone breaks their silence about something, they talk about something that they have not talked about before or for a long time.
- broken twill weave — a twill weave in which the direction of the diagonal produced by the weft threads is reversed after no more than two passages of the weft.
- can't take a trick — to be consistently unsuccessful or unlucky
- captain james cook — Frederick Albert, 1865–1940, U.S. physician and polar explorer.
- carolina chickadee — a chickadee, Parus carolinensis, of the southeastern U.S., resembling but smaller than the black-capped chickadee.
- cerenkov radiation — radiation emitted when a charged particle travels through a medium at a speed greater than the speed of light through that medium
- certification mark — a mark that certifies the origin, material, quality, mode of manufacture, accuracy, or other characteristic of a product or service: “UL” is a certification mark for appliances meeting the safety standards of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
- check verification — Check verification is a system that checks national databases of information about individuals to make sure that checks will be honored and fraud is not being committed.
- checkpoint charlie — a crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War
- chicken tetrazzini — diced chicken in a cream sauce, baked in a casserole with noodles and cheese, usually flavored with sherry.
- chickenheartedness — Alternative form of chicken-heartedness.
- clark's nutcracker — a nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana, of western North America, having pale gray plumage and black and white wings and tail.
- cling like a leech — to cling or adhere persistently to something
- commutation ticket — a ticket entitling the holder to travel over the same route, as on a railroad, a specified number of times at a reduced rate
- convenience market — the area of business which involves selling convenience foods
- cooking facilities — equipment necessary for cooking
- coronation chicken — a dish of cold cooked chicken in a mild creamy curry sauce
- correspondent bank — A correspondent bank is a bank that provides services such as accepting deposits for another bank.
- dead-stick landing — Aeronautics, Aerospace. a landing of an airplane or space vehicle with the engine cut off.
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