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

  • black watch — a regiment of Scottish infantry in the British army (so called from the dark colors in their tartan).
  • black water — household waste water that cannot be reused without purification
  • black witch — any of several large noctuid moths of the genus Erebus, especially the blackish E. odora (black witch) of Central and North America.
  • blackbeetle — oriental cockroach.
  • blacklister — someone who blacklists
  • blacktongue — canine pellagra.
  • block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
  • block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
  • block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
  • book jacket — a removable paper cover used to protect a bound book
  • bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
  • bottle-jack — a large jack used for heavy lifts
  • bracket saw — a handsaw for cutting curved forms.
  • brass tacks — basic realities; hard facts (esp in the phrase get down to brass tacks)
  • breadsticks — bread baked in long thin crisp sticks
  • buck rabbit — Welsh rabbit with either an egg or a piece of toast on top
  • bucket seat — A bucket seat is a seat for one person in a car or aeroplane which has rounded sides that partly enclose and support the body.
  • bucket-load — a large quantity
  • bush jacket — a casual jacket or shirt having four patch pockets and a belt
  • cabin trunk — a large trunk specially designed to be used on journeys, and often having large handles at either end to make it easy to move
  • cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
  • cakravartin — (in Indian philosophy, politics, etc.) an ideal, universal, enlightened ruler, under whom the world exists in justice and peace.
  • call market — the market for lending call money.
  • candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
  • care-taking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
  • carpet tack — a flat-headed tack used especially to tack down carpets.
  • carpetmaker — One who manufactures carpets.
  • carrot cake — a sweet cake made with grated carrots
  • cartoonlike — cartoonish
  • castle peak — highest peak in the Elk Mountain range, in W central Colorado. 14,265 feet (4352 meters).
  • castle walk — a ballroom dance of the pre–World War I era, consisting of a sedate step to each beat.
  • cattle tick — a dark brown tick, Boophilus annulatus, that infests cattle and is a vector for parasitic diseases of cattle, as babesiosis.
  • cattle-cake — concentrated food for cattle in the form of cakes
  • center back — the player in the middle of the back line.
  • chalkstones — Plural form of chalkstone.
  • chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
  • cheap skate — a person who is stingy and miserly.
  • cheapskates — Plural form of cheapskate.
  • checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
  • cheek strap — (of a bridle) one of two straps passing over the cheeks of the horse and connecting the crown piece with the bit or noseband.
  • cheektowaga — a town in NW New York, near Buffalo.
  • cheesesteak — a sandwich filled with grilled beef and cheese
  • chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
  • chukka boot — an ankle-high boot made of suede or rubber and worn for playing polo
  • clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
  • clock in at — If something such as a CD or film clocks in at a particular amount of time, it is that amount of time long.
  • clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
  • coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
  • cock-teaser — a woman who acts flirtatiously and appears to be sexually available, but does not engage in sexual activity
  • cockatrices — Plural form of cockatrice.
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