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10-letter words containing a, c, k, n, o

  • acknowledg — Obsolete form of acknowledge.
  • adirondack — a member of an Algonquian people living mainly north of the St. Lawrence River.
  • aiken code — (data)   An alternative form of the Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) system for encoding numbers. Where BCD encodes each decimal digit in normal binary, Aiken code uses the encoding shown below. This is supposed to be less prone to corruption. The following table shows the encoding of each decimal digit, D, in BCD and Aiken code: D BCD Aiken 0 0000 0000 1 0001 0001 2 0010 0010 3 0011 0011 4 0100 0100 5 0101 1011 (inverted 4) 6 0110 1100 (inverted 3) 7 0111 1101 (inverted 2) 8 1000 1110 (inverted 1) 9 1001 1111 (inverted 0) The Aiken code was probably designed by Howard Aiken in the 1940s or 1950s for use in data transmission. Compare: Gray code.
  • alpenstock — an early form of ice axe, consisting of a stout stick with an iron tip and sometimes having a pick and adze at the head, formerly used by mountain climbers
  • ankle sock — a short sock coming up to the ankle
  • anti-knock — An anti-knock agent helps to stop an engine from knocking, making it function more smoothly.
  • antishocks — antishock
  • archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
  • back bacon — lean bacon from the back of a pig's loin
  • backend-to — in a reversed position; backward.
  • backgammon — Backgammon is a game for two people, played on a board marked with long triangles. Each player has 15 wooden or plastic discs. The players throw dice and move the discs around the board.
  • background — Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
  • backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
  • black knot — a fungal disease of plums and cherries caused by Dibotryon morbosum, characterized by rough black knotlike swellings on the twigs and branches
  • black monk — a Benedictine monk
  • blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
  • blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
  • bone black — a fine charcoal made by burning animal bones in closed containers: used as a pigment, in refining sugar, etc.
  • bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra
  • bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
  • cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
  • caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
  • cankerroot — goldthread.
  • cankerworm — the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America
  • chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
  • chalkstone — tophus
  • chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
  • chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
  • cloak fern — a type of fern, genus Notholaena, found in dry, rocky areas of temperate and tropical America, often used as an ornamental.
  • coral pink — a light to medium yellowish-pink color.
  • corn crake — a short-billed Eurasian rail, Crex crex, frequenting grainfields.
  • corn snake — a large, harmless rat snake, Elaphe guttata guttata, of the southeastern U.S., having yellow, tan, or gray scales with dark-red blotches: once common in cornfields but now an endangered species.
  • corn stack — corncrib.
  • corncrakes — Plural form of corncrake.
  • cornerback — a defensive back
  • cornflakes — a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
  • cornstalks — Plural form of cornstalk.
  • crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
  • crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
  • folk dance — a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Compare court dance.
  • genoa cake — a rich fruit cake, usually decorated with almonds
  • go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
  • hackintosh — 1.   (jargon, computer)   An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2.   (jargon, computer)   A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
  • hard-knock — beset with hardship.
  • hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
  • in back of — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
  • jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
  • jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
  • johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.

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