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11-letter words containing a, c, k, t

  • cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
  • cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
  • cook strait — the strait between North and South Islands, New Zealand. Width: 26 km (16 miles)
  • cossack hat — a warm brimless hat of fur or sheepskin
  • cotton cake — cottonseed meal compressed into nuts or cubes of various sizes for feeding to animals
  • countermark — a mark on an object that is additional to a mark already on that object, and that serves a purpose such as enhancing security, or noting a change in the value of that object, etc
  • countersank — Simple past form of countersink.
  • craft knife — a knife used for paper crafts, etc, that has a sharp replaceable blade
  • crankshafts — Plural form of crankshaft.
  • crash truck — an emergency vehicle based at an airport.
  • crater lake — a lake in the crater of an extinct volcano in SW Oregon, in Crater Lake National Park. 20 sq. mi. (52 sq. km); 1996 feet (608 meters) deep.
  • cricket bat — a specially shaped, carved wooden bat used to play cricket
  • crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
  • curb market — curb (def 5).
  • custom-make — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
  • cyberattack — an attempt to damage or disrupt a computer system, or obtain information stored on a computer system, by means of hacking
  • cycle track — a special path created for cyclists to use
  • cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
  • daddy track — a career path for men who are willing to forgo promotions, raises, etc., so as to spend more time with their children.
  • data packet — packet
  • delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
  • deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
  • dockization — the process of turning into docks
  • doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
  • downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
  • dust jacket — book jacket.
  • electroweak — combining both the electromagnetic and weak forces or interactions
  • eton jacket — a waist-length jacket with a V-shaped back, open in front, formerly worn by pupils of Eton College
  • factorylike — Resembling a factory in any of various respects.
  • fast packet — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  • fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
  • featherback — any freshwater fish of the family Notopteridae, of Asia and western Africa, having a small, feathery dorsal fin and a very long anal fin extending from close behind the head to the tip of the tail.
  • filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • fitzpatrick — Sean (ʃɔːn). born 1963, New Zealand Rugby Union footballer; played in 92 test matches (1986–97), 51 as captain
  • flak jacket — U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
  • flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
  • flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
  • flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
  • folktronica — a musical genre that combines elements from folk and electronic music
  • gamma stock — any of the third rank of active securities on the London Stock Exchange. Prices displayed by market makers are given as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
  • gas bracket — a metal pipe projecting from the wall of an apartment, used to support gas lamps and to supply them with gas
  • gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
  • get back at — take revenge on
  • get back to — resume
  • go crook at — to rebuke or upbraid
  • goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
  • hack attack — (jargon)   (Possibly by analogy with "Big Mac Attack" from advertisements for the McDonald's fast-food chain; the variant "big hack attack" is reported) Nearly synonymous with hacking run, though the latter more strongly implies an all-nighter.
  • hack writer — a writer of undistinguished literary work produced to order
  • hackmatacks — Plural form of hackmatack.
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