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14-letter words containing c, o, k, n, e

  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • do one's block — to become angry
  • docking bridge — a raised platform running from one side to the other of a ship toward the stern, used by officers for supervising docking operations.
  • dongle cracker — (security)   Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
  • electrokinesis — (physics) The transport of particles or fluid by means of an electric field acting on a fluid which has a net mobile charge.
  • electrokinetic — of or relating to the motion of charged particles and its effects
  • electronic ink — a material consisting of microscopic cells that can be turned from white to black and vice versa with the application of a small electric charge allowing electronically stored text to appear on a paper-like substance
  • florence flask — a round bottle having a flat bottom and long neck, for use in laboratories.
  • fortune cookie — a thin folded wafer containing a prediction or maxim printed on a slip of paper: often served as a dessert in Chinese restaurants.
  • get one's back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.
  • ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
  • gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
  • have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling
  • herring choker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
  • hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
  • honeycomb work — stalactite work.
  • horrorstricken — Alternative spelling of horror-stricken.
  • income bracket — a group or category of people whose income falls within defined upper and lower levels
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • internal clock — biological clock.
  • into the black — into a profitable condition financially
  • jack-in-office — a self-important petty official
  • jackson method — (programming)   A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
  • john steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • keynote speech — opening address at a conference
  • khaki election — a general election held during or immediately after a war, esp one in which the war has an effect on how people vote
  • kinetic theory — the theory that the minute particles of all matter are in constant motion and that the temperature of a substance is dependent on the velocity of this motion, increased motion being accompanied by increased temperature: according to the kinetic theory of gases, the elasticity, diffusion, pressure, and other physical properties of a gas are due to the rapid motion in straight lines of its molecules, to their impacts against each other and the walls of the container, to weak cohesive forces between molecules, etc.
  • king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
  • kit inspection — inspection of soldiers' kit by a superior officer, to make sure it is all clean, working, and in a good state
  • kitchen police — soldiers detailed by roster or as punishment to assist in kitchen duties.
  • kitty-cornered — cater-cornered
  • kleene closure — Kleene star
  • kleptomaniacal — Having a compulsion to steal, as a kleptomaniac does.
  • knickerbockers — Also, knickerbockers [nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
  • knock together — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
  • knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
  • know the score — understand the situation
  • kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
  • lake constance — a lake in W Europe, bounded by S Germany, W Austria, and N Switzerland, through which the Rhine flows. Area: 536 sq km. (207 sq miles)
  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • line of attack — a line of attack to a problem or situation is how you approach it
  • linoleum block — a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.
  • locker-lampson — Frederick (Frederick Locker) 1821–95, English poet.
  • locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
  • long-neck clam — soft-shell clam.
  • longcase clock — tall freestanding timepiece
  • macromarketing — marketing concerning all marketing as a whole, marketing systems, and the mutual effect that society and marketing systems have on each other
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