10-letter words containing c, l, o, k, e
- cokebottle — (character, humour) /kohk'bot-l/ Any unusual character, particularly one you can't type because it isn't on your keyboard. MIT people used to complain about the "control-meta-cokebottle" commands at SAIL, and SAIL people complained about the "altmode-altmode-cokebottle" commands at MIT. After the demise of the space-cadet keyboard, "cokebottle" was used less, but was often used to describe weird or non-intuitive keystrokes. The OSF/Motif window manager, "mwm" keystroke for switching to the default keybindings and behaviour is control-meta-bang. Since exclamation mark might be thought to look like a Coke bottle, Motif hackers referred to this keystroke as "cokebottle". See also quadruple bucky.
- coldcocked — to knock (someone) unconscious, as with the fist.
- cook inlet — an inlet of the Pacific on the coast of S Alaska: part of the Gulf of Alaska
- cookeville — a town in central Tennessee.
- cookieless — Without cookies (the food).
- corncockle — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Agrostemma githago, that has reddish-purple flowers and grows in cornfields and by roadsides
- cornflakes — a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- cow killer — a large velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) of the S and E U.S.: the wingless female has a powerful sting
- crewelwork — embroidery done with crewel
- cuckoldize — to make (a married man) into a cuckold
- deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- doodlesack — bagpipe (def 1).
- dreadlocks — a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.
- folk dance — a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Compare court dance.
- footlicker — A sycophant; a fawner; a toady.
- footlocker — A small trunk or storage chest, originally stored at the foot of a bed.
- goalkicker — a person who makes a goal kick
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- hectokilo- — one hundred thousand; the factor 105
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- hucklebone — hipbone.
- interlocks — Plural form of interlock.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- john locke — Alain LeRoy [al-in luh-roi,, lee-roi] /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ,, ˈli rɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- landlocked — shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay.
- lead block — any block that alters the direction of a rope; fairlead.
- lego brick — a toy plastic brick with studs which can be connected to other plastic bricks and used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- leukocytic — Of or pertaining to leukocytes.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- line block — a letterpress printing block made by a photoengraving process without the use of a screen
- lockkeeper — The person assigned to look after a canal or river lock, operating it and organizing its maintenance.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- low-necked — (of a dress or other garment) cut low so as to leave the neck and shoulders exposed; décolleté.
- low-ticket — having a relatively low price: a growing market for low-ticket items.
- lower back — lumbar region
- lower deck — the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
- mosaiclike — (arts) Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- orchidlike — Resembling an orchid or some aspect of one.