15-letter words containing c, o, k, b
- electronic book — An electronic book is the same as an e-book.
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- go to the block — to be beheaded
- groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
- jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
- knickerbockered — wearing knickers.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- lake okeechobee — a lake in S Florida, in the Everglades: second largest freshwater lake wholly within the US. Area: 1813 sq km (700 sq miles)
- lifestyle block — a semi-rural property comprising a house and land for small-scale farming
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- make a comeback — popular again
- make sb welcome — If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
- mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
- never look back — to become increasingly successful
- nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
- not a dickybird — not a word; nothing
- pack one's bags — If you pack your bags, you leave a place where you have been staying or living.
- 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.
- record-breaking — top, most successful
- rockwell number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Rockwell test) made by indenting a test piece with a Brale, or with a steel ball of specific diameter, under two successive loads and measuring the resulting permanent indentation.
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- see the back of — to be rid of
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- social bookmark — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- the-sketch-book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- thomas a becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.