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13-letter words containing c, o, k, n

  • in the pocket — (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
  • insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
  • invoice clerk — a worker, esp in an office, who deals with invoices
  • jack robinson — Bill ("Bojangles") 1878–1949, U.S. tap dancer.
  • john suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
  • johnny canuck — a personification of Canada
  • kangaroo care — a method of caring for a premature baby in which the baby is periodically held against a parent's bare chest.
  • kangaroo code — spaghetti code
  • keep in touch — stay in contact
  • keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
  • kin selection — a form of natural selection that favors altruistic behavior toward close relatives resulting in an increase in the altruistic individual's genetic contribution to the next generation.
  • kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
  • knickerbocker — a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
  • knobcone pine — a pine, Pinus attenuata, of the Pacific coast of the U.S., bearing cones with knoblike scales.
  • knock on wood — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
  • knocking copy — advertising or publicity material designed to denigrate a competing product
  • knuckle joint — a joint forming a knuckle.
  • lantern clock — an English bracket clock of the late 16th and 17th centuries, having a brass case with corner columns supporting pierced crestings on the sides and front.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • leading block — lead block.
  • leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
  • locking piece — (in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of the plate after the proper number of strokes.
  • locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
  • london rocket — the plant Sisymbrium irio
  • lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
  • love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
  • lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
  • mackinaw boat — a flat-bottomed boat with sharp prow and square stern, propelled by oars and sometimes sails, formerly widely used on the upper Great Lakes.
  • mackinaw coat — a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.
  • macroplankton — planktonic organisms of about 1 mm in length.
  • mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
  • microcracking — microscopic cracking
  • microplankton — plankton visible as individual organisms only with the aid of a microscope, which excludes most animal plankton.
  • mid wicket on — mid on.
  • mock pendulum — a false pendulum bob attached to the balances of certain timepieces and visible through a slot in the dial or case.
  • monkey jacket — a short, close-fitting jacket or coat, formerly worn by sailors.
  • monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
  • monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
  • monkey wrench — spanner
  • monkey-wrench — to ruin (plans, a schedule, etc.) unavoidably or, sometimes, deliberately: The storm monkey-wrenched our plans for a picnic.
  • monster truck — a pick-up truck with extremely large tyres, often used for racing over rough terrain
  • monterey jack — a mild, light-yellow, semisoft cheese
  • motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • neck and crop — completely; entirely
  • necklace bomb — a bomb consisting of linked charges hung around a victim's neck, used by terrorists or in hostage situations
  • nervous wreck — sb anxious
  • neurofeedback — The presentation of realtime feedback on brainwave activity, as measured by sensors on the scalp, sometimes offered as a means of therapy.
  • new york city — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
  • news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
  • nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
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