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11-letter words containing c, l, o, k, e, r

  • lobsterback — redcoat.
  • lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
  • lock-keeper — A lock-keeper is a person whose job is to be in charge of and maintain a lock or group of locks on a canal.
  • locker room — A locker room is a room in which there are a lot of lockers.
  • locker-room — of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or sexually explicit: locker-room humor.
  • lockkeepers — Plural form of lockkeeper.
  • mantle rock — the layer of disintegrated and decomposed rock fragments, including soil, just above the solid rock of the earth's crust; regolith.
  • microkernel — (operating system)   An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
  • mitre block — a block of wood with slots for cutting mitre joints with a saw
  • nerve block — an arrest of the passage of impulses through a nerve by means of pressure on the nerve or by injection of an anesthetic into or around the nerve.
  • oil derrick — derrick (def 2).
  • opera cloak — a large cloak worn over evening clothes
  • ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
  • overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
  • police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
  • policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • rock blenny — a prickleback, Xiphister mucosus, of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska.
  • rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
  • rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
  • rockefeller — John D(avison) [dey-vuh-suh n] /ˈdeɪ və sən/ (Show IPA), 1839–1937, and his son John D(avison), Jr. 1874–1960, U.S. oil magnates and philanthropists.
  • rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
  • rocket sled — a sled propelled along a long track by rocket engines, for testing the effects of high rates of acceleration and deceleration.
  • roll-necked — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over
  • rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
  • scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
  • sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • sockdologer — a decisive blow or remark
  • stock clerk — a worker in a stockroom who is in charge of the materials and goods stored there.
  • stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • tower block — a high-rise building.
  • trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • wall rocket — any of several yellow-flowered European plants of the genus Diplotaxis, such as D. muralis, that grow on old walls and in waste places: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • water clock — a device, as a clepsydra, for measuring time by the flow of water.
  • waterlocked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
  • worse luck! — unhappily; unfortunately
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