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15-letter words containing a, c, k, t, o

  • fishhook cactus — a large cactus, Ferocactus wislizenii, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having hooked spines and red or yellow flowers.
  • forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
  • globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
  • hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
  • hit the jackpot — the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine.
  • hitchcock chair — a side chair of the early 19th century that has turned legs, a turned crest rail, and one or more slats in the back, and that is painted or stenciled in colors or gold on black.
  • in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • jack-o'-lantern — a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed, traditionally made for display at Halloween.
  • kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
  • keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
  • kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • kronecker delta — a function of two variables, i and j, which equals 1 when the variables have the same value, i = j, and equals 0 when the variables have different values, i ≠ j.
  • lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • make capital of — to get advantage from
  • make certain of — to ensure (that one will get something); confirm
  • make tracks for — to go or head towards
  • megalokaryocyte — Megakaryocyte.
  • microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
  • mohawk hair cut — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
  • monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
  • mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
  • musculoskeletal — concerning, involving, or made up of both the muscles and the bones: the musculoskeletal system.
  • narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
  • not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
  • not care a fuck — not to care at all
  • official strike — a collective stoppage of work by part or all of the workforce of an organization with the approval of the trade union concerned. The stoppage may be accompanied by the payment of strike pay by the trade union concerned
  • on the track of — If you are on the track of someone or something, you are trying to find them, or find information about them.
  • outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • pat on the back — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
  • patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
  • peacock feather — a (distinctive and brightly coloured) feather from the peacock
  • peak production — the maximum production
  • pedunculate oak — a large deciduous oak tree, Quercus robur, of Eurasia, having lobed leaves and stalked acorns
  • phenakistoscope — an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving
  • planck constant — the fundamental constant of quantum mechanics, expressing the ratio of the energy of one quantum of radiation to the frequency of the radiation and approximately equal to 6.624 × 10− 27 erg-seconds. Symbol: h.
  • platform rocker — a rocking chair supported on a stationary base
  • platform ticket — a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
  • point-and-click — of or denoting an interface with which the user typically interacts by using a mouse to move the cursor and then clicking on a screen object.
  • poke mullock at — to ridicule
  • postman's knock — a children's party game in which a kiss is exchanged for a pretend letter
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
  • rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
  • rocket research — research into rocket engines for spacecraft
  • rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
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