12-letter words containing c, o, k, n
- pigeon clock — a device for timing the arrivals of pigeons being raced, consisting of a magazine for holding the identification bands of the contestants in the order in which they are inserted and a recording clock to register the times of insertion.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- pocket knife — A pocket knife is a small knife with several blades which fold into the handle so that you can carry it around with you safely.
- pocket money — money for small, current expenses.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- port jackson — an inlet of the Pacific in SE Australia: the harbor of Sydney.
- puck control — an offensive strategy to maintain control of the puck to prevent the other team from having scoring opportunities.
- rappahannock — a river flowing SE from N Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay: Civil War battle 1863. 185 miles (300 km) long.
- record token — a gift voucher that can be used as payment for records of a specified value
- ring knocker — a commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces who is a graduate of a military academy.
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- rock carving — the practice of carving on rock
- rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
- rock jasmine — any of several alpine plants belonging to the genus Androsace, of the primrose family, having tufted leaves often in basal rosettes, and umbels of pink, red, purple, or white flowers.
- rock springs — a city in SW Wyoming.
- rocker panel — body paneling below the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
- rocket plane — aircraft that launches rockets
- rocket range — a firing range for rockets
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- section mark — section (def 16).
- self-cooking — the act of a person or thing that cooks.
- self-locking — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
- silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
- skeleton car — a freight car essentially consisting of a central longitudinal girder fastened to the trucks, sometimes supplemented by one or more pairs of cross cantilevers: used for carrying logs or containers.
- smoke screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- smoke-screen — a mass of dense smoke produced to conceal an area, vessel, or plane from the enemy.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- socket joint — a joint in which the rounded end of one part fits into the cavity of another part
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- specksioneer — a whaler
- spinal block — spinal anesthesia.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stock option — an option giving the holder, usually an officer or employee, the right to buy stock of the issuing corporation at a specific price within a stated period.
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.
- stockingless — not wearing or having stockings
- stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
- stoney creek — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- take counsel — receive advice
- take offence — be upset or shocked
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology